• When Christianity first began they adopted all sorts of pagan religious aspects in to their ways of warship.
• Early Christians did not believe in fitting so they protested against the romans peacefully.
• People thought that it was very admirable for the Christian's to die for what they believed in.
• Although early Christian's where peaceful and excepted parts of other religions, once they took control of Europe they abandoned these noble practices.
•Christian’s lasted longer than Jews because they chose to protest against romans non violently while on the other hand Jew took up arms against the romans.
•Romans specialized in taking over land and not groups of people, sins the Jews had a specific land were all of them lived they were easier to kill then christens, who were everywhere.
•Jews spoke a language that no one else new, while christens spoke Greek the most common of all languages at the time. While both were suffering because of romans, only christens got sympathy from other people.
•Although Christianity caused many problems for Rome it is not the only cause of the fall of Rome. Rome fell from a combination of many different problems including Christianity.
•Christianity was a peaceful religion and as more and more people converted there where less and less people willing to fight in Rome's army's so Rome had to hire soldiers.
•These hired soldiers were not cheap and that lead to budget problems which lead to more problems and so on.
•The Romans hate the Christians a lot, and sins everyone hate the Christians it was easy to blame everything the romans did wrong on the Christians. So when a Roman leader did something wrong the Christians were punished.
•Since the Roman leaders did so many bad things that Ch...
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...re was a fir it would spread quickly because building where so close together and if a building fell over it would create a domino effect.
•As more people in the empire became Christin the roman army shrunk because Christians where pacifists and did our believe in valance.
•There for Rome had to hire troops from the people that were invading them.
•Rome did not have a very loyal army because they were loyal to the jungle and not to the state.
•Romans beloved in more than one god and each god was in charge of a different thing or part of life. They also beloved that the emperor was a god also they did not believe in just one god.
•While Christians refuse to except that the emperor was a god. But the Christians beloved in one all powerful and divine lord that controlled everything. They also beloved in some very microbe traditions like baptisms in human blood.
The year is 476 A.D. and the Roman Empire has collapsed after being overthrown by barbarians. Looking back, the causes of Rome’s decline can be separated into four categories, social, economic, military, and political. The social aspects of Rome’s fall are the rise of christianity and civil wars. The rise of christianity displaced Rome’s polytheistic roots which viewed the emperor as having a godly status. Pope and church leaders took an increased role in political affairs which further complicated governance. Civil wars also deteriorated the empire. More than 20 men took the throne in only 75 years and the empire was thrust into chaos. The economic aspects of Rome’s fall were high taxes from the government and labor deficit. The roman empire
Military Weakness is also another reason for Rome’s fall because the army is what makes sure that the empire is safe. Document B states that the
The first reason for the fall of Rome were the Roman Emperors. For example, in Document A there was a chart of Roman Emperors from 235-285 CE. The chart was
One reason that many avoided Army service was because Roman citizenship was now offered freely, where in prior times military service had been a path to citizenship. The result was less manpower available for Rome. The Roman army was left with no choice but to recruit barbarians, who could in this way both find employment where they had no skills, and hope to obtain Roman citizenship.
The rise of Christianity in Rome did not come easily. It came with much destruction and death. The spark of Christianity in Rome came from an appearance of Martyrs in Rome. Martyrs were people that were executed for going against the common beliefs of pagan (polytheistic) ways. (Tignor, 2011, p. 286) Because of these awful executions, Christianity is said to be based off of “the blood of martyrs.” One of their main ways of spreading Christianity was through the sharing of their writings and by 300 CE there was an exceptional amount of book production throughout Rome. (Tignor, 2011, p. 289) “Christianity operated as one among many minority religions in the Roman Empire, and on several occasions experienced widespread persecution, especially under the emperors Nero (r. 54–68), Decius (r. 249–251), and Diocletian (r. 284–305). However, the situation changed radically under the emperor Constantine (r. 306–337), who in 313 issued the Edict of Milan that made Christianity a legitimate religion in the empire.” (Melton, 2010, p. 634)
...l and perceptive way for rulers to unite empires and spread their society to other regions. The religion of Christianity, in itself, holds a number of assimilations with local pagan rituals that allowed for a much smoother transition. People tended to take the religion of the successful or more advanced civilizations because of logical areas as promoting trade and unifying their own neighbors, turning enemies into allies or possibly vassals. A further dissection of Christianity reveals that the ideas and precepts of this organization have striking similarities to that of other religions of the time. Although it should be noted that there is obviously no definitive answer on religion and it is the choice of the individual to follow their beliefs to their hearts content, but a bit of abstract observation and scrutiny is hardly a crime, at least in modern society.
There are many political, economic, sociological causes to the growth and expansion of the Roman republic and later the Roman Empire, but one major factor of expansion that the Romans are most famous for is there Army. There Army was famous for their harsh discipline amongst their own ranks and there mercifulness brutality amongst their enemies. According to our text Roman warfare was characterized by great ferocity and the Roman pursuit of victory was relentless. The Romans had a pragmatic view towards atrocity and massacre that viewed almost any act as justifiable if it eased the path of victory (Goldsworthy 2000) p. 24. The hoplite phalanx which originated by the Greeks and later adopted by the Roman army, demanded great discipline and adherence to orders in order for this group of soldiers...
In order for the Romans to invade and conquer other provinces, they had to spend heavily on their legions. The Roman armies and supply lines became over-stretched resulting in thousands of soldiers being recruited and deployed from Rome into other territories as invaders or defenders. They also depended on soldiers to defend the borders of the lands they had conquered from barbarian attacks which resulted in the increased manufacturing of weapons and more money being spent on soldiers. High military spending left the Romans with very limited resources for other essential government projects such as the building of more public houses and the development of roads and aqueducts as well as leading to inflation. The over-expenditure on the military led the citizens of Rome to refuse the policies and laws enforced by the government and riots were commonplace in Rome during its last century.... ...
For much of human history, the people lived under the rule of kings and other rulers that used to have absolute power.The Greco-Roman laws were based on reason, they gave their citizens more of an opportunity to make the laws. While Judeo-Christian laws were based on religion. They believed in one god, that all humans were equal, and that everyone should have morals. Both of them believe in gods.They also both have their own laws and believe that they are correct in what they are doing.
... to improve humanity, the Romans looked to each other to find meaning and purpose in life. Because of the poor answers to life’s basic questions that resulted from this act and the harshness of the Caesars, Rome eventually fell from power. In summary, the Roman concept of God in relation to the Caesars contributed to the civilization’s decline.
Another factor, which many scholars believe to be the single most important in the spread of Christianity, is the Pax Romana. This saw a period of over two hundred years, between 30 b.c. and a.d. 193, in which there was almost total world peace, Antoninus Pius wrote in circa 150 a.d., " Wars have so far vanished as to be regarded as legendary events of the past". This peace brought great prosperity to the vast Roman Empire as money was not being spent on costly wars and so materialism became prominent, another consequence was that people now had more time to think about issues such as religion. Another benefit of the Pax Romana was that frontiers were removed and so early missionaries could travel between countries within the Empire with ease, "A man can travel from one country to another although it was his nature land" (Pius). Also, because of a "considerable civil service" (Frend) to police the roads, there was a great decrease in the amount of bandits on the main roads and so the missionaries travel was a great deal safer.
The military system of Rome was once viewed as a fierce and influential force. The late Roman army was much different. It was a ...
It was especially hard for the Jews to fit in to a Christian society. Jews do not share the Christian belief that Jesus is the Son of God. Because of this belief they were viewed as outcasts in most Christian societies. Most Christians taught that the Jews were responsible for the death of Christ. However, we know now that Jesus was executed by the Roman government. The Romans viewed Jesus as a political thread to their rule.
Because of the Christians refusal to no longer praise or worship the state gods and emperors; The Roman government killed and prosecuted the Christian members and supporters. On page 74 under the subheading “The Spreading of Christianity” it states that “The Christians believed that there was only one god. To them, the worship of state gods and the emperors meant worshipping-false gods and endangering their own salvation. Soon after, the Roman government began prosecuting
When Christianity emerged in the Roman Empire, it was immediately marked as a superstitious and mysterious cult composed of revolutionaries, adulterers, cannibals, atheists, and sexual perverts. Fueled by these rumours, local governors such as Pliny the Younger, began the first wave of Christian persecution lasting from 30 CE - 250 CE. Though violent, resulting in the execution and torture of tens of thousands of Christians, the second phase of Christian persecution was far more violent, with its varying imperial edicts. Diocletian, a common man, launched the bloodiest attack against Christians in 303 CE resulting in the destruction of Christian meeting houses, Christian scripture, and the deaths of thousands of Christians. However, as much as Diocletian tried to squash Christianity, Christians refused to yield. Though much of his reign he wanted to destroy the Christian faith, his reign eventually led to the succession of Emperor Constantine and birthing Christianity as the main religion of the Roman