While both the ancient Roman Empire and Tang dynasty have long since fallen, many lessons can be learned from how these two once great Empires were able to expand as well as maintain their empire. These strategies have stood the test of time and are still relevant today. Even during different time periods as well as in different regions in the world, several of the same strategies were used by both empires. Their ability to expand their territory and create significant innovations would aid to the success of their respective empire along with leave a lasting mark on history.
The first emperor to ever rule Rome was Augustus. Next came the Julio-Claudian Emperors and they ruled after Augustus. Also the emperors were never succeeded by their biological sons or their heirs. Next came the Good Emperors and according to study.com it said “The Five Good Emperors brought relative peace, stability, and prosperity to Rome.” And according to study.com they said “The reign of the Five Good Emperors was characterized by the adopting of one’s heir to the throne, rather than the crown simply going to a biological son or whoever was strong enough to take it.”
Augustus which was the name of a man that was strong and selfless and created a way of life without a dictating idiot like most colonies of rulers. He had change the way of life in Rome. This is his very own story Augustus was a very successful man. “He created a city police.
Octavian (Augustus) Caesar was the adoptive son of Julius Caesar and became the emperor of Rome in 33 B.C . Augustus was a good leader of Rome because he was very humble, he was an excellent military leader, and restored Rome to its highest potential. Augustus was a very humble ruler. When he was approached with the title “dictator for life”(multiple times), he turned it down.
Qin Shi Huang-di is often regarded as a great leader within history. However, he was also paranoid and got rid of anyone who disagreed with him, but without Qin, there might be no China. Furthermore, despite his mixed reputation today, he brought six warring kingdoms together to form the basis of a country that has lasted to this day, an impressive feat that was a huge turning point in Chinese history. Qin’s effect on China and by default, on the other countries of the world was enormous. In fact, his dynasty, the Qin dynasty, even gave China its name (“Shi Huangdi Becomes Emperor”).
The only thing standing in the way of Nero’s control over the Roman empire was his mother Agrippina. While Nero grew up, she took the role of emperor and became the most influential and powerful woman of her time, until she was murdered by her own son. The reason Nero killed his mother is not completely understood, but Suetonius believed that his mother pestered him with “surveillance and criticism.” Other accounts suggest an influence from a mistress named Poppaea, who wanted to marry Nero against his mother’s wish. Whatever the reason, Nero did have a tendency towards paranoia and killed those who threatened, and perhaps his mother’s death is just one more incident where he let fear control him.
The roman and Han empire, although two completely different civilizations, yet despite that both fell due to similar key contributors. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty fell due to alike reasons. For both empires weak leadership and corruption, economic collapse and social disorder were three of the main contributor’s factors to their decline. Both the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty endured corruption that weakened their supremacy.
The Sui dynasty had just begun on March 4, 581 CE and the empire has already undergone some changes. As a time traveler, I arrived there on May 12, 583 CE, and I have returned to the present day and am sharing my experiences with you. The astonishing empire in which China began unification amazed me. I visited the ancient city Daxing, which is now Xi’an. When I arrived in Daxing, the beauty of the city stunned me.
In this essay I will argue that the members of an emperor's family were very important to the image and governance of the Principate as they dictated the right of succession, the Augustan image of morality, the stability of an emperor's reign and the legitimacy of a certain emperor's right to rule. The intention of this essay is not to focus solely on succession as a dynastic aspect within the Julio-Claudian period, but to give an in-depth analysis of the power that certain imperial family members held. In this way, the Julio-Claudian dynasty shall be covered exclusively, although I still recognise the importance of family within the Flavian period, so that I can focus more on imperial family members/ characters that appear in the ancient sources. I shall refer mainly to the works of Tacitus and Suetonius, whilst also referring to modern scholarship where it is applicable. Rutland refers to the idea that the history of the Principate is concerned with the succession of its members and that this power, which lay with the princeps, was being usurped via the
Between 100 CE and 300 CE, the Han Dynasty had set important cultural foundations, such as Confucianism, constant, which lasted even after the rule of the Dynasty due to literature. The cultural changes led to a period of peace and economic prosperity; however, the political changes, such as unequal control of land between the rich and poor, had resulted in the Empire’s collapse by 220 CE, and it led to the Three Kingdoms Period (ends in 280 CE). The interior government was corrupt because of the civil service exams and the outer court system. Wealthy people had taken advantage of their power in order to get power. The court systems and the elite class became more focused on the luxuries of ruling rather than the duties of ruling.
In ancient Rome, there existed great politicians, philosophers, and thinkers who changed the history of humanity. Marcus Tullius Cicero and Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus were two men who faced problems of the old society and created a solution for the people of Rome. In the treatise "On the Laws", Cicero shows a fictional conversation between himself, his brother Quinto, and his great friend Attic. The theme of the debate is the spirit of the Roman laws, the way in which they are approved by the assemblies, and the legitimacy of the various institutions.