Roman Empire vs Holy Roman Empire - Empire Comparison

Roman Empire vs Holy Roman Empire - Empire Comparison: On The Basis Of Founders, Area, Military Strength, Military History, Currency, Trade, GDP, etc.

Roman Empire:
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia ruled by emperors. From the accession of Caesar Augustus to the military anarchy of the 3rd century, it was a principate with Italy as metropole of the provinces and the city of Rome as sole capital (27 BC – AD 286). After the military crisis, the empire was ruled by multiple emperors who shared rule over the Western Roman Empire and over the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire). Rome remained the nominal capital of both parts until AD 476, when the imperial insignia were sent to Constantinople, following the capture of Ravenna by the barbarians of Odoacer and the subsequent deposition of Romulus Augustus. The adoption of Christianity as the state church of the Roman Empire in AD 380 and the fall of the Western Roman Empire to Germanic kings conventionally marks the end of Classical antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Those events, along with the gradual hellenization of the Eastern Roman Empire is why historians distinguish the medieval Roman Empire that remained in the Eastern provinces as the Byzantine Empire.

Holy Roman Empire:
The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western, Central and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
The empire was created by joining in personal union and with the imperial title the crown of the Kingdom of Italy with the Frankish crown, particularly the Kingdom of East Francia (Later Kingdom of Germany), as well as titles of other smaller territories. Soon these kingdoms would be joined by the Kingdom of Burgundy and Kingdom of Bohemia. By the end of the 15th century the empire was still in theory composed of three major blocks – Italy, Germany and Burgundy. Later territorially only the Kingdom of Germany and Bohemia remained, with the Burgundian territories lost to France. Although the Italian territories were formally part of the empire, the territories were ignored in the Imperial Reform and splintered into numerous de facto independent territorial entities. The status of Italy in particular varied throughout the 16th to 18th centuries. Some territories like Piedmont-Savoy became increasingly independent, while others became more dependent due to the extinction of their ruling noble houses causing these territories to often fall under the dominions of the Habsburgs and their cadet branches. Barring the loss of Franche-Comté in 1678, the external borders of the Empire did not change noticeably from the Peace of Westphalia – which acknowledged the exclusion of Switzerland and the Northern Netherlands, and the French protectorate over Alsace – to the dissolution of the Empire. At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, most of the Holy Roman Empire was included in the German Confederation, with the main exceptions being the Italian states.

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[DiLorenzoStanRoom]

Us in Italy count the Roman republic too because they were still an empire when the republic was around

[edvinparmeza]

Rome's age should be counted from 700s BC to 1400s AD, so it is nearly 2000 years

[tatarkhan]

No the Roman Empire was dissolved 1000 years later after the fall of Constantinople

[Manson]

This is just incorrect. The roman empire ends with the fall of constantinople, not with the fall of the western part. Do someone really think that all the Eastern part spontaneously forget that they are Romans and a truly part of the roman empire after odoacer depose romulus augustulus? They weren't byzantines, they were Romans! I can't really understand how so many people really think that they are completely different empires! They share culture, history and everything else, they stopped using Latin because Greek was already a big language in the empire, and dominant in the East, it was a logic evolution in this new circumstances. They just have one empire, ruled by two emperors in the final days for making it more easy to manage, and one of this emperors just failed in protecting his part. That's all, but the other part has the same legitimacy and they tried to restore the west part, just read about justinian! The roman empire wasn't about Rome, the roman empire was about feeling that you're roman, and all the cultural and historical heritage.

[musashi.miyamoyo]

This comparison video is incorrect.

You could go as early as 753 BC - 1453 AD. The Roman Empire was the longest lasting nation in history. It started as the Roman Kingdom in 753 BC, the Roman Republic formed in 509 BC, the officially named Roman Empire began in 27 BC with the first Caesar, then along the way Rome was split into sections a few times and unified a few times, but Western Rome fell while Eastern Rome lasted until 1453. It was known as the Eastern Roman Empire until years after its collapse, to which historians inaccurately called it the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire was never known as such during its existence.

[mikechivles]

Next British Empire and Spanish empire please

[ComradeHellas]

The Roman Empire lasted for almost 1500 years, it did not collapse until 1453.

[Zain]

I like how when comared to the Holy Roman Empire he shows tge age of the actual Roman Empirw but when he compares to the British Empire he adds the age of the Byzantine Empire too.

[alexandejdroratowski]

This is slightly inaccurate. The roman empire was dissolved in 1453 after the fall of Constantinople to the ottoman empire.

[divyanshumishra]

1:31 You see that "Thaler" currency later became known as "Daler" by the Dutch, and the Americans took that name for their currency "Dollar"

[Abcdef-xolf]

Roman empire dissolved 476 AD





The Byzantine empire:Am I a joke to you.

[communistobiwankenobi]

One is epic and strong and beautiful, the other is "holy".
Edit:never had so many likes thanks

[naughtiusmaximus]

On the one hand gold, on the other hand, painfull agonizing failure

[ilmaestro]

Actually, the HRE was founded by Charlesmagne, in the 800 AD. Then, Otho the I refounded the HRE with a germanic base

[norwaycountryballs]

portugal empire vs spanish empire vs pls

[andrew.]

btw "Roman Catholicism" is "Christianity". Catholicism was the first Christian church to ever exist...

[tentails]

I didn't expect how long the holy Roman empire lived 844 years that blew my mind

[lordnelson]

The Roman Empire was during a big time polytheist not Christian

[venetikos]

oh please, the Roman empire was disolved loooong after 476 AD

[randomdude]

All people here claiming Rome fell in 1453 because of the Byzantine Empire which called itself Roman. If we go by that the Western Empire fell 1806 because the Holy Roman Empire called itself Roman and was even acknowledged by the Byzantines and the Pope as the Western Empire!

In reallity however it is not that easy ofcourse. The Byzantines differed greatly from the Romans culturally and religiously. They spoke greek and their culture was greek. Even during the time before the fall of the Western Empire the two Romes differed greatly from each other. It is far fetched to call the Byzantine Empire the same entity as the Empire under Augustus or even the Kingdom of Rome from 753 bc.