What else was going on in the Roman times?

Poorer Romans, however, could only dream of such a life. Sweating it out in the city, they lived in shabby, squalid houses that could collapse or burn at any moment. If times were hard, they might abandon newborn babies to the streets, hoping that someone else would take them in as a servant or slave. read more

From the traditional date of the foundation of Rome (753 BCE) to the final elimination of the Empire with the Ottoman capture of Constantinople (1453 CE) there are more than 2,000 years. read more

Many people think the modern term for China came from the Qin (pronounced"Chin") Dynasty which was around at the time of the Roman Republic. The succeeding Han Dynasty lasted for almost 500 years. India was a huge empire (Kushan Empire) in Rome's infancy, and transformed into several competing empires during Rome's later years. read more