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.
Report Abuse. 1  After The Roman Empire. 2  The last eight emperors of the Western Roman Empire, after 455 CE, were either Germanic or appointed by Germans. 3  The Roman empire was not only rome; it had been divided in two parts:eastern, known also as byzantinian empire, and western with capital Rome. The western empire ends (it' s a conventional date) in 476 a. D. The Roman empire in the end was overrun by millions of barbarians from the north and east of Europe.