急,大家帮我看看这句话应该用什么时态~the Qin Empire and the Roman Empire were almost in the same era.这里到底用are 还是were?

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急,大家帮我看看这句话应该用什么时态~
the Qin Empire and the Roman Empire were almost in the same era.
这里到底用are 还是were?

一般过去时

过去时WERE,因为罗马帝国和秦帝国都过去了