Does Rome Have Too Much Power Dbq Essay

Throughout history, many countries have solely focused on power and nothing else. That enduring issue has the ability to influence or control people. It affects the relationship between the superior and its followers that can either be positive or negative. Shi Huangdi, Qin Dynasty's tyrant, was a power hungry man. Augustus, on the other hand, used his power to benefit the country. Qin controlled China for the most part. He was also a legalist(believing that everybody was bad) and because of this, he thinks that it is necessary for him to control everyone’s lives. He created a set of laws, a bureaucracy to ensure that he could control people’s lives every minute of every day. Shi Huangdi went further than that, he created a spy system. In document 1 it states, “Through military victories, the state of Qin has, in the time of the last six kings, brought the feudal lords [leaders in China who rivaled Shi Huangdi’s power] into submission.” The state of Qin wanted the power to themselves and now that they have it, they can do whatever they want. This weakened the nobles as they took their wealth and status. If they defy him, they either get …show more content…
Back then if you have more land it means that you have more power, more power means you can control more. The Romans built an effective transportation system that was used solely for their military. However, it was later proven that the roads were used for expansion on land. In document 2 it states, “The military nature of the roads continued to be essential as Romans expanded into territory outside of Italy.” The expansion increased the number of slave labor and the gap between the rich and the poor grew. Although they have a lot of lands to control, they had to constantly fight to defend their growing empire whilst conquering new land. As a result to this, the Romans needed a powerful army thus having the plebeians (lower rank) to also join the fight by