Roman
-began as a small and
-began as a small and
impoverished city-state on the western side of central Italy
-Originally ruled by a king
-launched their empire building enterprise
-no overall design or blueprint drove the building of empire
-Poor soldiers hoped for land,loot, or salaries
-no shortage of motivation for the creation of the Roman Empire
Chinese
-not creating -something new ,but restoring something old
-Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties
-state of qin already developed an effective bureaucracy
-equipped its army with iron weapons
-hundreds of thousands of laborers were recruited for the building of The Great Wall of China
Same
-defined themselves in universal terms
-both quoted that they had all the power
-both invoked supernaturla sanctions to support their rule
Roman/Chinese Empire Comparisons
(author: Ashley Cabe)
