Religion in the Roman Empire and Hans China While Hans China and the Roman Empire were very different empires, they have similarities, too. In religion, the differences are big, but there are a few glaring similarities when you look for them. For example, both empires were polytheistic for the majority of their reign, but were introduced and began converting to monotheistic religions before their downfalls. In the case of Hans China, however, they began leaving behind their original pantheon in favor of Buddhism, while the Romans began to abandon theirs for Christianity. This is but one of the things that is similar, but different at the same for these two empires. Besides being polytheistic, a rather common thing for ancient religions, both
