HISTORICAL CONTEXT

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historical era45

Three Kingdoms period

220 → 280

Also known as Epoka Trzech Królestw · Three Kingdoms · Tre Regni

Era of rival Wei, Shu and Wu states following the decline of Han rule in China.

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Han dynasty

206 p.n.e. → 220

Also known as dinastía Han · Dynastia Han · dynastie Han

Chinese imperial dynasty that consolidated institutions, expanded long-distance exchange and shaped later conceptions of Chinese statehood.

historical era46

Ancient Rome

753 p.n.e. → 476

Also known as Altes Rom · ancient Roman civilization · ancient Roman culture

The civilization and political history of ancient Rome, conventionally from the traditional founding of Rome through the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE; the Eastern Roman Empire continued beyond this endpoint.

historical era35

Roman Empire

27 p.n.e. → 476

Part of Ancient Rome

Also known as Cesarstwo Rzymskie · Empire romain · Epoca imperiale

Roman imperial polity and its institutions from the rule of Augustus onward; the conventional end date of 476 CE concerns Western imperial rule, while the Eastern Roman Empire continued beyond that date.

historical era26

Roman Principate

27 p.n.e. → 284

Part of Roman Empire

Also known as Frühe Kaiserzeit · Princeps iuventutis · principado

First major phase of Roman imperial rule, from Augustus to the accession of Diocletian, retaining republican institutions alongside imperial authority.