Compare And Contrast Persian And Roman Empire

The Roman and the Persian both had a successful empire throughout many decades. One way both the Roman and the Persian expanded their empire was by conquering vast territory. “Following the conquest of the Italian peninsula, Rome fought with Carthage for control over the western Mediterranean. This led to a series of conflicts called the Punic Wars” (slide 10). After the victory of the first Punic Rome seized full control of both Sicily and Corsica and most importantly, Rome emerged as a dominant power as they emerged as a naval and land power. Romans would enslave men, women, and children after the conquest. They would also confiscate properties as Rome would construct roads, fortifications, ports, and harbors to territories with Rome. Furthermore,

Zoroastrianism was the religion that grew in the Persian Empire. As for the Roman Empire, Christianity was the developing religion, even though Jesus died in Rome, he would have a tremendous impact on the Roman Empire. The main factor that Christianity became the sole state religion was mostly the preaching of Paul to the Christian communities about Jesus in which many people found the true meaning of their life. Also, the missionaries were also a huge factor in which missionaries would expand Christianity throughout the Roman Empire by teaching others. Most importantly, since the conversion of Constantinople this allowed Christianity to grow in Rome’s society. Moreover, Constantinople would later issue a Nicene Creed, which would make Christianity the state religion. One of the important factors that lead Zoroastrianism to develop in the Persian Empire was the fact that Cyrus the Great and other Shahinshah ruled the Persian Empire under the Zoroastrian beliefs had an impact in the societies of the Persian Empire. Furthermore Zoroastrian would play an important role in other religion belief and “In later centuries they became central in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.” (Page 202). Lastly, Missionaries of the Zoroastrians also played an enormous role in developing throughout the Empire because during the Achaemenid Persian Empire Zoroastrian beliefs on truth and wisdom would be taught orally by priests. The role of the Christianity helped changed the Roman Empire from Polytheism to Monotheism. Moreover, these religions play in the society and culture at large because they helped to develop science, philosophical schools, institutions, and for the Achaemenid and Greek tradition they forged a “Greek- Hellenistic elements” (Page