How much control did the Roman Empire have compared with earlier empires?

The Roman Empire exercised control over the general population of the then-known world like no other empire before it, being strong politically and diverse from all previous empires. It represented the beginning of a democratic form of government never before dreamed of.

Les teaches that the Romans had control of the then-known world over the general population like no other empire before it. It had great iron teeth, meaning it was strong politically. It devoured, broke pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was diverse or different from all empires before it because it was the beginning of a democratic form of government that had never been dreamed of before. The semicolon then jumps about 1,700 years from the Roman empire, which ended between 300 and 400 A.D., to the present time and the appearance of the European community as the revived Roman empire, with ten horns representing kings.

How did Rome's rule over the general population compare with earlier empires?

Rome exercised control over the general population of the then-known world to a degree unmatched by any earlier empire. Its rule was politically strong, devouring and subduing peoples, and it was diverse, differing from previous empires because it introduced a democratic form of government never before conceived.