Similarities Between Ancient Rome And China

Rome (750 BC – AD 500) and China (350 BC – AD 600) experienced conflicts not only in the physical sense, such as in wars, but also in political struggles, religion, and power. Although each civilization had similarities, like structured governments in the form of emperors and dynasties, they also had differences, like in the way they wrote laws and dealt with handing out those rules. The following paper will discuss the conflicts in which Rome and China faced and how they were dealt with similarly and differently. Politics in ancient Rome and China were very complicated. Most communities usually had a single ruler. Everyone was placed in a pyramid-type of importance, which decreased with slaves always ending at the bottom. Of course, the ruler …show more content…
This made becoming a higher power in this empire extremely difficult, requiring an exam to be passed before becoming one. Sadly, this also could only be taken by the wealthiest of people, as it was very expensive. But it at least gave people a fairer chance to become part of the government based on their “smarts” than on who they were. Both China and Rome had very different forms of governments but were both the first to create structured types of them. Rome created a republic government, which consisted of a Senate, a magistrate, and multiple assemblies. Just like China, the wealthy people were the only ones that were able to vote and become the higher power, but it was not because of the cost - it was because of how wealthy people were viewed. Rome was doing well with their newly created government, but as the months went on, the political system began to decay. There were too many classes within Rome’s “pyramid” and due to a high population, their economy was failing because of inflation. This backlash caused violence to become more common within Rome for these political