Before revision: Illustration by Adolph Menzel, 1846 Austria and Prussia were the most powerful states in the Holy Roman Empire by the 18th and 19th centuries and had engaged in a struggle for supremacy among smaller German kingdoms.
After revision: of the German NationIllustration by Adolph Menzel, 1846 Austria and Prussia were the most powerful states in the Holy Roman Empire by the 18th and 19th centuries and had engaged in a struggle for supremacy among smaller German kingdoms.