Was the Roman empire the biggest empire?

Answer:
The Roman Empire was the largest at that time.

In the list of largest empires the Roman Empire come in at 16th.
However the Roman Empire was composed of valuable real estate. The largest empires have a lot of desert, tundra, taiga and general wilderness in them.
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