day 45


  • Jesus spends three years preaching, is killed by Roman leaders
  • Jesus' followers believe he is the Messiah and Savior who has risen from the dead
  • Saul (the persecutor) becomes Paul (the evangelist), spreading Jesus' message (one true God, not Roman gods)
  • Christianity evolves from cult status to established, official structure
  • priest, bishops, pope (Bishop of Rome)
  • Christians and Jews were monotheistic (believing in one God)
  • this conflicted with Roman beliefs
  • persecution against both was common
  • Christianity appealed to the poor, and since there were many poor, their numbers grew
  • as it grew, even some Roman leaders embraced Christianity
  • (can you see the tide beginning to turn...?)
  • AD 313: Constantine has a battlefield conversion
  • He issues the Edict of Milan
  • Not only no persecution, but actual approval of Christianity, eventually making it the official religion of Rome
  • the Roman Empire and Christianity are now linked in power and influence.
  • A.D. 180: Rome has problems.
  • economic (trade became risky, taxes were too high)
  • military (frontiers were hard to patrol, roman generals fought for control)
  • Diocletian divided the empire into 2.
  • AD 324 - Constantine becomes emperor over both halves of the empire
  • moves the capital from Rome to Byzantium (renamed Constantinople), where Asia met Europe (now Turkey)
  • after his death, empire is divided again
  • this time, "barbarian invaders" (Huns, Vandals, Visigoths, Angles, Saxons, Franks) overrun the empire's frontiers
  • that's it for the Roman Empire (AD 476)

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