Han And Rome: A Comparative Analysis
However, both faced problems of how to justify their endeavors to the newly vanquished people, as well as their citizens.
How did they go about doing this? For Chinese Liu Bang had reimposed imperial unity from the past Empire. In China, the states were named after dynasties, not in territories. Han wants to create a more centralized monarchies. New ideas were forming because people wished to make the states better for the people. Confucianism advocated government based on ethical principle, not Ruler using force on the people. Lao Tzu had the idea of laissez-faire rules. The Idea of reward and punishments. "train their fellow humans to behave in orderly ways, much as dogs are trained" (pg 78). All China idea was to have a control state where …show more content…
China Tianxia, or “under heaven” and Rome Ecumene mean the world wide or universal sphere or a state stretching across the entire earth. They both believed in a cosmological idea or heaven. The belief that the ruler her on earth is here because of something above them. Alexander’s declared himself a …show more content…
Rome was a republic "a form of government in which authority was thought to reside in a group of citizens rather than in one family or one individual." (pg 79) They believe the people should pick who should rule over them. Rome came up with Senate during the state of Julius Caesar. Caesar rejected title king and country calling himself a monarch. Octavian Julius Caesar's grandnephew became emperor and completed the transition from republic to a monarchy that Julius Caesar could not finish before his death.
The different between Rome and Han is that Rome had a strong sense of communal identity that was lacking in Han states. The Qin-Han imperial system tolerated no local deviation nor any form of communal power; the Roman empire appeared more like a federation cities and provinces than like a fully integrated domain.
Both Han and Rome understood political authority because the evidence show how they use writing and building to show who was in charge. In the Asia country, they have a way to keep their sprite around after their death with over the top Grave. Moreover, in Rome they have coins that had the name of past Emperor and column. So if the people could not read they could understand with picture and
How did they go about doing this? For Chinese Liu Bang had reimposed imperial unity from the past Empire. In China, the states were named after dynasties, not in territories. Han wants to create a more centralized monarchies. New ideas were forming because people wished to make the states better for the people. Confucianism advocated government based on ethical principle, not Ruler using force on the people. Lao Tzu had the idea of laissez-faire rules. The Idea of reward and punishments. "train their fellow humans to behave in orderly ways, much as dogs are trained" (pg 78). All China idea was to have a control state where …show more content…
China Tianxia, or “under heaven” and Rome Ecumene mean the world wide or universal sphere or a state stretching across the entire earth. They both believed in a cosmological idea or heaven. The belief that the ruler her on earth is here because of something above them. Alexander’s declared himself a …show more content…
Rome was a republic "a form of government in which authority was thought to reside in a group of citizens rather than in one family or one individual." (pg 79) They believe the people should pick who should rule over them. Rome came up with Senate during the state of Julius Caesar. Caesar rejected title king and country calling himself a monarch. Octavian Julius Caesar's grandnephew became emperor and completed the transition from republic to a monarchy that Julius Caesar could not finish before his death.
The different between Rome and Han is that Rome had a strong sense of communal identity that was lacking in Han states. The Qin-Han imperial system tolerated no local deviation nor any form of communal power; the Roman empire appeared more like a federation cities and provinces than like a fully integrated domain.
Both Han and Rome understood political authority because the evidence show how they use writing and building to show who was in charge. In the Asia country, they have a way to keep their sprite around after their death with over the top Grave. Moreover, in Rome they have coins that had the name of past Emperor and column. So if the people could not read they could understand with picture and