Riseand Fall of Rome and China
There are some smaller arguments, but the main reason China was more successful in their empire was because of the succession of emperors, Rome usually had tremendous amounts of conflict when the power would change hands, whereas China did not. The Chinese had a certain "excuse," for the actions that were taken when an old dynasty was overthrown. At a time of succession in Rome, there was usually a civil war, or many deaths to finally see who the new emperor was. Rome had one major flaw when gradually turning into their Empire from fallen Republic, this flaw dealt with who came next in their line of emperors (succession.) The first of the emperors were the Julio-Claudian, all of whom related in some way. Tiberius, the stepson of Augustus, was the first of bad emperors. The major flaw in Rome's empire emerged, the next emperor (Caligula) was Tiberius's nephew. Tiberius did not pick someone who was qualified or who seemed would be the best emperor, but picked his own kin, disregarding everything else. At the end of his reign, another one of Rome's problems surfaced, the internal conflict between Emperor's and their people (in this case, guards.) Caligula was killed by his own guards. Arguably, the best Julio-Claudian emperor
Flavian Vespian emerged as the new emperor through a civil war. This is another example of Rome's corrupt "system" of succession. There was five years of civil war next and finally the Severi prevailed. Both Rome and China had very beneficial Empires, and even though both encountered some hardships, everything turned out for the better. This was when the final fall of the Roman Empire happened. It was not the actual emperor that people marveled at, but the position as emperor, as being a Son of God. The Mandate of Heaven was used by each of the succeeding emperors. The Good Emperors came in 96 AD, the first of them was Nerva. However, Rome, still had that tragic flaw that hindered its development, China had no fault to overcome internally, so they could worry about their external problems. China never had the major flaw of the Roman Empire's succession because they (essentially), had an "excuse. The Romans had no way to justify succession between rulers, there was war and chaos. The Chou Dynasty came next, thereby overthrowing the. Claudius was a good emperor judging by the response of his people, however, Aggripina (his wife), arranged his murder so her son Nero could be emperor.
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