Art and power were most of the times in coexistence. The Corinthians developed advanced vase painting with scenes from Greek mythology to their trade income. The Athenian golden age was based on its dominance in the Greek world. Many arts flourished during this period.Ancient drama reached its peak of creativity during that time.Parthenon was also built during the golden age. Alexander the Great sponsored Apelles who was one of the best painters in the antiquity. He also had a personal sculptor. With his conquests , Greek architecture traveled allover Asia. Greek artistic influences could even be found in early Buddhist art . There have been many great empires over many centuries two of which are the Romanian Empire and the Chin/Han Empire of China; these Empires are similar in ways but they are also different in ways. They have both made a very large impact in history in relation to permanency, population size, and effect. They laid the foundations for future empires including our own. The two great empires are different on many fronts. One way they are unalike is the geography. These two empires are separated by a very large distance, so there’s bound to be some variances geographically and culturally. Rome’s core was much more centered in Italy and the further away people inside its borders were the less roman culture there was.It was bound by sheer force and mandate. Only people in the center were considered “Romans” in the sense they were roman citizens. The outer regions of the Roman Empire were basically just controlled by the empire. They were not forced to change their cultural and religious values. They mostly remained unchanged except paid their taxes to the Roman Empire. Some Non-Roman citizens could gain citizenship through law but most conquered people did not change. Even marriage between a Roman citizen and Non-Roman citizen was usually forbidden. There was a very thick line for the romans between them and the people they conquered. This however was not so prominent in the Chinese empire. Another way they were different in that sense is that Chinese was used as a language unified across the Chinese empire. On the other hand Rome’s Latin was not used throughout its borders. This shows that the Roman Empire had much less unison than the Chinese Empire spiritually and politically. China believed in fundamentally the same philosophies from Confucianism to Daoism to Buddhism. But Rome went from polytheism to Christianity. The Roman Empire’s influence on its neighbors was considerably much lower than Chinese Empire did with its neighbors.
