Familial Piety In Ancient Rome

Rome was a classical empire, which believed justice and human rights. This explained why the Roman Republic was centered on the Twelve Tables and why today the Ten Commandments, formulated by Judean, Roman’s, are still the go to moral imperatives. The Romans are often times accused of stealing the Greek’s religion they also copied many artistic skills from the Greeks. Although similar Rome made great bounds creating roads, baths, and amphitheaters. During the renaissance artists imposed Roman clothing on religious icons such as the Virgin Mary and Christ. Judaism was common in Rome until it became overpowered by the popularity of Christianity. The head of the Christian church was known as a pope. Today the pope still stands as the religious …show more content…
to 500 A.D. The Chinese people practiced two philosophies instead of religion like classical Rome and Greece. Taoism and Confucian were the two belief systems. Taoism focused on keeping harmony between the Yin and Yang or negative and positive, a force throughout the universe. Taoism had the basic belief that people were born good, but had to keep that balance in their lives. The Confucian belief was primarily about filial piety. Filial piety was respecting elders and those who had authority over another person. Ancestor’s communications with Gods left them highly respected and worshipped. Intelligence was deeply valued in Confucian philosophy. The foundation of society was family being the basic unit. It was said the men were made, not born, and all elders were to be respected. The Mandate of Heaven was a divine right to govern a dynasty. Each new ruler of a dynasty would have received the Mandate of Heaven but “ If a ruler governed badly or was immoral, the people could rise up in revolt.” Taoism heavily influenced sciences, technology, and arts of China . Both philosophies focused around the greater goal of being one with nurture. It is believed by the Chinese that the natural world and human world can disrupt each other and punish those who unbalanced it. The Toa are credited with the invention of block printing and were also known for experimenting with metals, building ships, and inventing the compass. Chinese art was rather broad, it included porcelain decoration, silk, the Great Wall of China, poetry, and in some aspects foot binding. Porcelain was one of China’s greatest exports, along with silk. The porcelain was named “China” and could be used as plates or other decorations. Footbinding was a practice done by women in the later years of the classical period, so they could show off to men. China has always had major influence on society and still does today. They have the largest