What caused Rome to fall? At the beginning of the Roman Empire the empire was powerful and rich. But as time went by the emperors became careless and selfish. The Roman Empire slowly started falling. Rome fell because they had untrained soldiers, foreign invasions, diseases, and natural disasters.…
The Han Empire shared many characteristics with the Roman Empire like their government ideology, but also differed in areas including religious influence in the government and government systems and complexity. One of the bigger similarities that the Han Empire and the Roman Empire share are their government ideals. Both government systems are based upon expansionism and had a sense of strong nationalism. Through much expansion, both empires grow to become some of the most powerful nations in the ancient world. Both governments were extremely militaristic.…
Imperial Rome and Han China were two empires formed on different parts of Eurasia. Imperial Rome from 31 BCE to 476 CE included their citizens in their government by having consuls elected by patricians, who made up the senate, and assemblies dominated by plebeians. Patricians were the elite class while plebeians were the commoners. Although the citizens did participate in government Rome needed a more centralized form of government. Julius Caesar became the first dictator in Rome and centralized the military and politics.…
Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E. -476 C.E.) and Han China (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) are likely the two most well known empires of the time period Because of their large size and influence. When describing methods of political control, the two mirrored each other in many ways but, in some respects, had contradicting ideas. The methods of political control used by Imperial Rome and Han China were similar regarding their use of political theologies to justify leadership, their centrally structured government, and their use military power, but exhibited different roles of citizens in government and techniques for maintaining order in the lower class. In Imperial Rome and Han China, the leaders used political theologies to explain and justify their rise to…
The Han dynasty and Roman Empire were two extremely powerful and successful empires. Each had useful government systems that differed from each other. Roads were also a similarity between both the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire. Also, both The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire crashed and ended for similar reasons as well. The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire had differing government systems but were related in the fact that they each built and used road systems for trade, and their empires fell because they had the same problems.…
Perhaps some of reasons towards the collapsing of the Han Dynasty were out of their control. Around the end of the 1st century CE, the Han Dynasty had it’s last, dark days. It was believed to be seen as manifestation of the anger of Gods. Han emperors were consistently dying one after another. Additional tragedies were taking place during…
Rome and Han China at their peaks were the largest and most successful empires the world had yet seen. While Rome centered around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe- from the Roman city-state in central Italy- Han China was based in most of present day China, with the Han homeland located east in the empire. Although in no close contact of each other- the Roman Empire and Han China being separated by thousands of miles- both of these great civilizations grew to great heights and shared many characteristics. While the declines of the Roman Empire and Han China were very similar, both experiencing a collapsing economy, inefficient government, and invasions by other peoples, the differences in their downfalls lie in the core ideals of the empires and how each issue was handled.…
Rome was a massive empire. When the Empire finally started to decline, it was a big upset to the people living there and around it. There were many causes to the fall of the Roman Empire. I believe that the Roman Empire became so large the borders became difficult to control, the constant competing of the Roman generals for power, and the fact that Christianity lead to people not fighting in battle, which lead to Rome having to rely on foreign soldiers, this all lead to the fall of the Empire. First, the Roman Empire became so large the borders became hard to control.…
Throughout their time of rule both empires were imperial and under the rule of one ruler. The Romans had the Principate that called for one ruler controlling the government even though there was a senate. While the Han had rulers whom were deemed god because of what they had done for their people, and country, making both empires imperially centralized and without both aspects they probably would not have strived, and been as great as they are seen in…
The Han Dynasty of China from 206 B.C.E-220 C.E. and the Imperial Roman Empire from 31 B.C.E-474 C.E., are two well known classical empires. They both contained many similarities and differences between their imperial administrations. In the Classical Period, the Han Dynasty & Imperial Rome both used their governments to establish a state religion and centralized bureaucracy. However, one major difference was that while the Han was a family dynasty, Rome was a republic. Under the rule of the Han family, and under the rule of Theodosius & Constantine, the Han and Rome established state religions.…
and 600 C.E. as a result of numerous internal and external conflicts. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty internally ruptured due to political ineffectiveness as a result of corrupted emperors and officials and externally disintegrated because of nomadic invasions from Germanic tribes in Western Europe and the Xiongnu in Asia. However, the Roman Empire saw the decay of the faith of the Empire in the citizens as they turned to local landlords for protection, while the local landlords of the Han Dynasty began to defy the government and conquer surrounding territories and farmland. Rome and Han China politically decentralized because of debauched emperors and officials.…
The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in the world. Growing and expanding from Spain to Asia. But sadly, everything has an end. Three topics that contributed to the downfall of the Roman Empire were bad emperors and leadership, illnesses, and invaders. Bad emperors contributed to the downfall of Rome because the Roman empire was not being ruled properly.…
The population of Rome was around 2.7 million. Rome was always one of the greatest empires. There are three reasons why Rome collapse but the main reasons is Weak leadership. Weak leadership lead to economic problems and military weakness. The first reason why Rome collapse was Economic problems and corruption.…
Two prosperous empires that exceeded in developing trade, creating new inventions, and leaving a legacy behind collapsed. How could such a prosperous empire fall? The western Roman empire and the Han dynasty both collapsed during the classical era for similar and contrasting reasons. The fall of both empires occurred due to internal pressures like epidemic diseases, economic and social issues while external problems like invasions and nomads taking place at the same time. After both empires collapsed, the regions faced change in their culture like the spread of Buddhism and Christianity and adaptation to the previous empires customs.…
China and Rome both structure their societies very similarly through their military, social structure, and religions. And while these civilizations were great, when their empires fell, their falls were from the same source of problems. These civilizations also had differences through how they first started expanding, how the people they conquered assimilated, what their empire were influenced by, and what happened to China and Rome after their falls. A major similarity between China and Rome was their dependence on their military force, and how they were both extremely brutal.…