The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty

The Roman rule and the Han Dynasty were two very competent empires that have left a lasting impact in the areas of expansion, even after his death. Despite this consistency in the basic political structure and social agreements, the two empires varied concepts such as religion, the center of power, and military importance. This unit of weight, however, revived during Chinese later years, but unfortunately never remerged to the Romans.

Having had an empire, of course, the two civilizations had strong and autocratic central governments. This allowed a powerful and sprawling kingdom. This expansionist military needed a way to travel, and was the reason for the creation of a network of roads. The basic principle for the military and the government may look similar on the surface, but were actually very different. The Roman army, meanwhile, was a group with more experience and privileged men who had a higher rank in the class system. These men, and the Senate has also played a key role in the selection of an emperor and remained very loyal to him. The Senate was usually the center of power of the Roman Empire, anyway. In the Han dynasty, however, the rule was hereditary and had to call, persuade and even threatening to come to terms with it. The army was certainly less fair and less likely to fight for power, especially due to the fact that the soldiers were cooked and had little experience. China had two capitals, Luoyang in the east and west of Chang'an, which served as the seat of power for Emporers. The middle class was free of government restrictions in Rome, enabling economic mobility. This was not the case of the Han and the merchant class I was limited by the government. The imperial model of these two companies has only managed to revive in China a few years later; However, it can not be said of Rome.

Ultimately, the two empires were based on agriculture with homogeneous cities and diverse peoples living in the vicinity. Rome was even considered an urban empire rule was because in cities, despite having more than eighty percent devoted to agriculture. Cultures have different attitudes about the state and the family, however. Hierarchy, reinforced by the thought of Confucius, China stressed compared with Rome. The family, with great deference to the ancestors and respect for authority, was an important model for society and the state. In Rome, ancestor worship and the family was not a model of society. There are, in fact, the ideology of political organization for the state and its leaders to respect was never determined. This may explain why it was never re-emergence of the Roman imperial model.

Religion was perhaps the main distinction between the two nations. While Han seemed to benefit from the teachings of Confucius, Christianity appealed to the Romans, but after acceptance of Constantine. After the revelation of Constantine to Christianity, which ended the persecution of Christians throughout the empire and almost makes these beliefs. It is unclear whether actually Constantine embraced Christianity, but supported the church like many successive leaders. This religion can influence many decisions and beliefs of the future leaders of Rome. He made the lower classes and women, slaves and the poor especially attractive. Buddhism, anathema to Confucius idea was just in China and has not taken the majority Han-mail was.

In conclusion, the cost of a vast empire as it was more than the government and people could not bear. The borders of the two great empires require too much maintenance and were very expensive. To address this dilemma climbing, the State was obliged to tax its citizens background. This action has lost the loyalty of the public and many borders were abandoned, weakening the government to change. The two governments could not afford this burden and to prolong the life of the empire and basically collapsed. However, new immigrant groups that now flourished in these areas have tried to keep the culture of the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty after being subjected by them for many years.