There's reason for optimism heading into the third week of the season. The current expanded playoff format has been in place since 1990. In the 14 seasons that have followed, 24 teams have started a campaign with at least two losses and eventually made the playoffs. Some even made deep playoff runs.
One similarity between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty was that they both built roads to help with trade. One difference between the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty was that slavery was less important in the Han Dynasty than in the Roman Empire.
The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire, known to its inhabitants as the Roman Empire, the Empire of the Romans (Greek: ÎÎ±ÏÎ¹Î»ÎµÎ¯Î± Ïá¿¶Î½ á¿¬ÏÎ¼Î±Î¯ÏÎ½, BasileÃ­a tÃ´n RhÅmaÃ­Ån) and also as Romania (á¿¬ÏÎ¼Î±Î½Î¯Î±, RhÅmanÃ­a), was the continuation of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople, and ruled by Emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman Emperors.