The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty The Roman Empire (31 B.C.E.-476 C.E.) and the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.E.-220 C.E.) were prominent empires that existed simultaneously at opposite ends of Eurasia. An empire can be described as consisting of a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or kings in the name of the emperor. Rome and Han had these characteristics of an empire and also shared many …showed first 75 words of 585 total…

…showed last 75 words of 585 total…with the land that was conquered but still shared heavy Greek influence. And while the decline of Rome and the Han Dynasty was similar (both gradually declined due to invasions, economic problems, floods, and even famine), Rome fell fragmentally with its Western empire collapsing long before its East. So many similarities and few differences link the Han dynasty and the Roman empires. Overall, these two civilizations were very powerful, civilized and ahead of their time.