The Dragon and the Eagle: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese and Roman Empires

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Foreword
Guide to Pronunciation of Chinese Pinyin
Introduction: Mirrors from the Deep Past
Part I The Roman Republic and Pre-Imperial China
	1 Nation Formation
		1.1 The Old World of Civilization
		1.2 The Advantage of Openness to Diversity
		1.3 The Mosaic of China
		1.4 Zhou Cities Among Pastoralists
		1.5 The Mosaic of Italy
		1.6 Latin Colonies and Hill Peoples
		1.7 War, Policy, and the Melting Pot
	2 State Building
		2.1 Blood, Iron, Ideas, and State Building
		2.2 Technology and the Economy
		2.3 Tradition and Social Relations
		2.4 Conflict and Merger of the Orders in Rome
		2.5 Backlash of Closing Imperial Frontiers
		2.6 How Democratic Was the Roman Republic?
		2.7 Feudalistic Parceling of Sovereignty in China
		2.8 A New Elite in a Socioeconomic Revolution
		2.9 The Rule by Law and the Rule by Man
		2.10 From Aristocracy to Monarchy
		2.11 Slavery and Freedom
	3 Empire Building
		3.1 The Advantage of the Periphery
		3.2 Qin in a System of States
		3.3 From Balance of Power to Unification
		3.4 The Punic Wars
		3.5 An Empire of Liberty
		3.6 Wars Just and Unjust
		3.7 The Warrior State and the Warring States
		3.8 Wars and War Conduct
	4 Winning the Peace
		4.1 The Empire Strikes Back
		4.2 Decline of the Roman Republic
		4.3 Last Flight of the Free Eagle
		4.4 The Dawn of Imperial China
		4.5 Regret of the Overextended Dragon
		4.6 Rupture and Continuity
Part II The Roman and Early Chinese Empires
	5 Courses of Empire
		5.1 Pax Romana and Pax Sinica
		5.2 Augustus and His Dynasty
		5.3 Militarism in the Roman Peace
		5.4 Roman Anarchy and Revival
		5.5 United China Takes Root
		5.6 Confucianism Ascending
		5.7 The Han’s Descent into Anarchy
		5.8 Colored Glasses of Historiography
	6 Arts of Government
		6.1 Imperial Characters
		6.2 The Ruler and the Ruled
		6.3 The Imperator and the Huangdì
		6.4 The Government and the Elite
		6.5 The Emperor and the Government
		6.6 State and Society
		6.7 The Myth of “Big Government”
		6.8 Taxation and the Economy
		6.9 Law and Order
	7 Strategies of Superpower
		7.1 Eurasian Geopolitics
		7.2 China’s Loose Rein
		7.3 Isolationism Ascendant
		7.4 Rome’s Empire Without End
		7.5 Defense Resources Strained
		7.6 Imperial Grand Strategies
		7.7 Hegemonic Statecraft
		7.8 Frontier Defenses
	8 Decline and Fall
		8.1 Glorious Sunset Clouds
		8.2 Barbarians and Nomads
		8.3 Social Coagulation
		8.4 Political Corruption
		8.5 Internal Discords and Civil Wars
		8.6 End of the Han Dynasty
		8.7 Revenge of the Xiongnu
		8.8 Coming of the Huns
		8.9 The Fall of Rome
		8.10 Tomorrow Never Dies
Appendices
	Appendix 1 Mutual Perceptions of Rome and Han China
	Appendix 2 The Silk-Routes Commerce
	Appendix 3 Long Wall Building
Timelines
	Timeline 1 China and Rome in the World Context
	Timeline 2 Events in China
	Timeline 3 Events in Rome
	Timeline 4 Emperors of the Qin, Han, and Jin Dynasties
	Timeline 5 Roman Emperors
Maps
	Map 1 First Century Empires on a Twenty-First Century Political Map
	Map 2 Beginning of the Silk Routes in the First Century
	Map 3 Terrain of Eastern China
	Map 4 The Spring and Autumn Period, 722 BCE–479 BCE
	Map 5 Terrain of Italy and Vicinity
	Map 6 The Conquest of Italy, 509 BCE–218 BCE
	Map 7 The Warring States Period, 453 BCE–221 BCE
	Map 8 The Mediterranean During the Punic Wars, 264 BCE–202 BCE
	Map 9 The Rise and Fall of Qin, 360 BCE–209 BCE
	Map 10 Conquests of the Roman Republic, 264 BCE–44 BCE
	Map 11 The Roman Empire
	Map 12 The Han Dynasty
	Map 13 Movements of Eurasian Peoples
	Map 14 The Fall of the Roman Empire
	Map 15 The Fall of the Han Dynasty
	Map 16 Population Distribution of China: (a) 2 CE, (b) 280 CE
	Map 17 Northern China in the Early Fourth Century
	Map 18 Europe and North Africa in the Early Sixteenth Century
Bibliography
Index
About the Author