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Possible, but I can think of instances where there may be questions about ancient-rome that is not about the roman-empire. Do you have a good rationale for doing so?
– MichaelFDec 22 '11 at 14:47
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Roman kingdom and republic would also be covered under ancient-rome.
– lins314159Dec 23 '11 at 5:37
I think this needs to be done (I was going to propose cleanup of rome-related tags) but my concerns are that roman empire may cover Qs both for late-ancient-rome (e.g. Ceasars) and Holy Roman Empire. There's also "rome" tag.
– DVKDec 25 '11 at 20:56
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I'd go with ancient-rome covering actual ancient Rome (be it the kingdom, the republic and the empire), ignoring the Holy Roman Empire that is completely unrelated except for the name.
– o0'.Dec 25 '11 at 21:14
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The tags, if merged, cover a lot of time that someone that was looking for say, the Roman Republic (which would fall under ancient Rome) would have to sif through a lot of unrelated questions. Merging medivial and middle-ages might have a better case.
– canadiancreedJan 25 '12 at 0:06
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I've just forked the Medieval / Middle Ages request into its own question. I would propose an edit to this question to remove the duplication, but I appear not to be able to do so on meta ;o)
– Owen BlackerFeb 26 '12 at 20:24