During the time of 500 BCE, The Persian Empire flourished north into the Persian Gulf, as The Roman Empire, which flourished 200 BCE through 200 CE in the western side of Eurasia. Both empires where large in population, however, the belief system that they had was unlike and they both had diverse views on poverty and wealth. There are many similarities to both the Persian and Roman empires. The Persian Empire was the largest of its time and the Roman Empire was also the largest empire of its time beside China. Both Empires expanded rapidly; the way they expanded was very close to similar from what each of them did. The Persian Empire had expanded rapidly from Egypt to India due to all of the quick conquering that had occurred
