The day is coming soon when the Empire will collapse of its own weight.

His empire collapsed after the French captured him in 1898.

But the empire was collapsing around him and he disappeared last May.

These empires collapsed towards the end of the 5th century.

His empire collapsed earlier this month beneath $4.4 billion of debt.

Wars had been lost, great empires collapsed in less time than that.

Still, when the empire collapsed, Ukraine seemed to have a reasonable shot at economic success.

At the current moment (according to the timeline of the game), the Empire has since collapsed.

In any event there were supporters who helped me and other members of my family to escape when the empire collapsed.

But taken as a whole, the society is significantly poorer than it was when the Soviet empire collapsed.