Compare And Contrast Qin And Roman Empires

To begin with, the Qin and Roman Empires were very similar during the time in which they ruled. Along with many other civilizations and empires, the Qin and Roman Empires both rose to power and thrived only to decline in power leading to their ultimate demise. Even though they rose and fell in similar ways each had their own uniqueness when it came to rule of the empire. The Roman Empire was very efficient in maintaining control up until it’s decline of power. In order to be so powerful the Roman Empire needed to gain, consolidate and maintain power very effectively, using different methods, until the decline of the empire's power. In continuation, the Roman Empire very efficiently maintained, consolidated and gained power by building a very advanced road system. The Roman military was the reason for this new innovation. The roads were originally built for military use to transport troops across borders to gain or conquer more land (source 5). Since Rome was …show more content…
The roads throughout the empire were extremely vast and keep all parts of the Roman Empire interconnected, people all over could trade and have relations because of them. The roads also allowed the military to travel far distances in little time allowing for more land to be conquered throughout. Although the roads were a major part in the growth of the Roman Empire, they were also a big in its decline. With roads throughout conquered lands there were disgruntled people, which led to unsafe roads to travel on to trade goods, ultimately leading to a weak economy. With the economy so fragile the Roman Empire began to fall. Therefore at the end of the Roman Empire one of the most successful parts in the creation and thriving of the empire led to the destruction of what was a truly great classical