I have very little knowledge on either of these two former empires,but for the sake of curiosity, which one ruled the longest, and for what length of time did each one remain in power?

The Roman Empire was founded Sept 2, 31 BC and fell Sept 476 AD.

The Egyptians' great achievements are rather harder to put down--they had the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New...but their Golden Age is from around 1560 BC to 1080 BC.
So the 2 empires were somewhat similar in terms of longevity....my older sis is the Egyptologist of the family......she loves this stuff, and it's her lifelong dream to go there and excavate and be like Howard Carter.....there's no doubt, they had a great civilization.

The two empires are really not comparable. The Roman Empire was expansive and ruled areas geographically far removed from Rome. The Egyptian Kingdom was much more homogenous and ruled mainly Egyptians with a few exceptions in the Sinai and in the South.

Rome was an empire. Egypt was a kingdom.

That is very true.

That is very true.

Of course it is. Didn't you read what it says by my avatar? Toadly right all the time.:banana:

What I can't stand is the reference to the "Unification of Egypt". One pharoh decides to go murder the other and anyone who disagrees with him - presto instant unification. Its like saying Hitler unified Germany...

Brothers and sisters also married each other, to keep the royal bloodlines pure.
Ah well, "ours not to reason why....."

I would suggest that Rome has had the most influence on history,moreso than anyone else,in this part of the world anyway,so roman inventions and practises ruled much longer than Egypts..

Well, the two groups were fighting anyway. And it was a unification. No gain without sacrifice.../shrug