Classical Roman and Chinese Empires Compared: Parallel Worlds

by Robert Gardella and Andrew Goldman

This book presents a systematic, comprehensive study of two imperial systems that were arguably the most complex, broadly influential entities to have arisen in antiquity. This text is designed to offer a comparative introduction to the empires of Rome and Qin-Han China, examining the formation, consolidation, further evolution and disintegration of these two complex states. The two empires were comparably similar in territorial extent, population,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765633116
• ISBN13: 9780765633118
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages