The empires of the “Classical World” evolved techniques that helped control the advancing civilizations. Those techniques helped civilizations become unique and share many similarities and differences. The Roman Empire and Han China were two empires that progressed strongly through the “Classical World” and expanded their empire with the use of a strong administrative structure. The non-hereditary administration in both empires were controlled by emperors (known as a “Consul” in Rome) and a representation of the elite population through the Senate in Rome and the government officials in Han China that were chosen through an exam. Techniques of the both empires also grew through their military that defended the empires and conquered neighboring lands.
Because the constitution was unwritten it was ever expanding to fit the needs of the Republic and its people. It is because of this “elastic” constitution, the republic lasted so long in Roman history. The early republic was controlled by an aristocracy. The patricians, who could trace their ancestry, back to the early history of the kingdom had the most sway over the government and the laws were made to keep them in power. (“The Roman Republic”) Over time, the laws that allowed these individuals to dominate the government were replaced and the result was a new aristocracy.
On the other hand, Rome had a centralized, mingled structure. The main focus points of the Roman Society were operated by a Roman Monarchy, which was disguised as a Republic, who controlled their complex structure. The Roman Society had more residents and rights than the Hans; Roman's political control lay in the hands of the wealthy, which were elected to a political seat. The governors were picked from family networks. The only way Romans could accomplish anything big in a certain time span was to make strong changes in their
The story of Romans founding is truly a remarkable legend of two young boys being raised by a shewolf, they were named Romulus and Remus . Romulus gave in greed and killed his brother and became of this he is now the sole aire to the city of Rome, this the begin of the Roman monarchical government . The first centuries of Roman history where ruled by a succession of seven kings .The Gauls destroy all of the history document when thy sacked the city after the Battle of Allia ,so no contemporary records of the kingdom exist therefore all the accounts of the kings must be questioned .This leads us to the story “The Rape of Lucretia “. The story is about a noble woman who was rape ,hence the title of the story ,Tarquinius the proud and how his son Sextus rapes her , she was so broken hearted that she killed herself .Her husband makes as vow “I swear with sword , fire and whatever will lend my arm strength , I will purse Tarquinius the proud , his wicked wife ,and his children , an no one will ever be
Crassus died Caesar made few changes in the government of Rome Treated Senate as his creature March 15, 44 B.C.E. Caesar stabbed to death in senate The second Trimuvirate and the emergence of Octavian Octavian controlled western part of empire Antonius and Cleopatra (Queen of Egypt) ruled East 31 B.C.E. Octavian defeated their army , civil war ended Age 32 Octavian absolute master of Mediterranean world The Age of Augustus Golden Age of Roman Literature: 2 major poets Virgil (70-19 B.C.E.) Greatest work Aeneid Horace (65-8 B.C.E.) Lyric poet- Odes Ovid (43-18 B.C.E.)
Bureaucracy is the delegation of power in government. In both China and Rome there was the emperor. Then the emperor would assign different people to take care of things that he couldn’t do himself like collecting taxes. This bureaucratic system is one of the best forms of political control and contributed to both empires being successful. Both empires remained for long periods of time.
Caesar emerged victorious, and was made dictator for life. In 44 BC, Caesar was assassinated by senators who opposed Caesar's assumption of absolute power and wanted to restore constitutional government, but in the aftermath a Second Triumvirate, consisting of Caesar's designated heir, Octavian, and his former supporters, Mark Antony and Lepidus, took power. However, this alliance soon descended into a struggle for dominance. Lepidus was exiled, and when Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, he became the undisputed ruler of Rome. With his enemies defeated, Octavian took the name Augustus and assumed almost absolute power, retaining only a pretense of the Republican form of government.
The Han developed a supply of soilders, which kept their borders secured and made them capable to exchange with others from time to time. On the other hand, Rome had a centralized, mingled structure. The main focus points of the Roman Society were operated by a Roman Monarchy, which was disguised as a Republic, who controlled their complex structure. The only way Romans could accomplish anything big in a certain time span was to make strong changes in their community. It was an enormous weight on Rome's resources and power, when they had to stress over big wins.
Eesa: The Roman Republic/ we are going to be talking about Hierarchy, important dates, and how was the Roman Republic was run. Inez: the roman republic was the period of the ancient roman civilisation characterized by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman Monarchy in 508 BC, and lasted 482 years until its subversion, through a series of civil war, into the Principate form of government Amin: these are significant dates (READ 3 EACH) 509 BC - Lucius Junius Brutus became the founder of the Roman Republic. 501 BC - T.Lucius was appointed the first ever dictator. 428 BC - Rome invaded Fidenae.
After Julius Caesar was murdered, Augustus became his heir and raised an army to challenge Mark Antony who had taken control after Julius Caesars death. In 43 B.C. Antony was defeated and Augustus seized military power over Rome. For the following thirteen years Antony and Augustus had battles until 30 B.C. when Antony killed himself.