User blog comment:The 777 Sniper/Stormcloaks vs. Imperials/@comment-50.42.155.139-20120306142737/@comment-80.216.219.11-20120307040709

The Empire was founde by Talos, yes. However, the Septim Empire died with the last Dragonblood Emperor, the empire in the time of Skyrim is the mede empire which is not the empire Talos/Tiber founded.