Constantine I

where practicing this religion meant death. The voice of Christianity started out with Paul, a missionary whose goal was to spread the teachings and change people’s attitudes. After Paul, Constantine, the Emperor, had a long road ahead of him to make his religion, Christianity, universal. Both Paul and Constantine were key to making Christianity what it is today. Two decades after Jesus crucifixion, communities of his followers sprang up around the eastern Mediterranean. Paul’s legacy and…

conversion to Christianity was a carefully articulated political maneuver by Constantine, for military supremacy of the Roman Empire. Historically, scholars suggest that the context in which Constantine was said to have converted to Christianity was a militaristic based context, with the military being a recurring prominent theme throughout the conversion story. Furthermore, we must remember that prior and during the reign of Constantine, the religious context of the Roman Empire was highly…

the men fighting for the imperial office wanted to have sole power of the empire instead of having other men rule with him. Constantine the Great and Maxentius would turn out to be the main attackers for the position. Maxentius had power over Italy from defeating Galerius, and Constantine had control over the upper Roman Empire of Gaul and Britain. Unfortunately, Constantine was the brother-in-law of Maxentius, but this did not stop them from being top enemies during the civil war for power.…

Constantine embarked on a journey for his military career in which he traveled over the Roman Empire from Palestine to Britain, Spain, and Gaul. Before Constantine was emperor the early church was fierce with persecutions by the roman government, but throughout that time the Roman Empire was still growing and spreading. During this time many Christians lost their lives and many important documents were destroyed. He was convinced that he needed a more powerful aid than just his military…

Byzantine was an empire lost to the void of time, its memory wiped from minds of all. Lars Brownworth, an established author, tried to do justice to the book and offer a voice to the ones drowned out by the pages of history. He told the stories of a great empire that served as a ground of rebirth for a crumbling Rome, rescuing it from a certain doom, in an attempt to expose one to the history of Byzantine vast enough to rival the lands of the empire during the reign of Justinian. The author…

2 Constantine the Great, also known as Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was born in what is now Nisch in Servia, to a Roman officer. Close Panel 3 Constantine the Great was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. Close Panel Some of his accomplishments, according to Health Research Funding, include setting himself apart form the Roman army because of his background; “growing up in a privileged-but-restrained home, which included a fine education, Constantine…

Early Christians in ancient Roman society faced many difficulties. If Roman citizens were caught practicing Christianity they were condemned to a gruesome death, feeding Christians to the lions was a common form of entertainment for the Emperor. Perpetua and Felicity were two Roman’s who were martyred because of their beliefs in God and His son, Jesus Christ. Roman society rejected Perpetua and Felicity because their faith went against the emperor and many Roman values, when these two women…

This society’s religion evolved from a polytheist religion to Christianity over the course of more than a thousand years. The first polytheist god is Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. On the site of The Temple of Aphrodite that there is a 7C BCE wooden temple to this goddess, demonstrating the site’s only connection to Mesopotamia. Demonstrated in “Inana’s Descent to the Nether World”, the Mesopotamians believe that Ishtar ascended down to the underworld and her time there represented winter.…

Appearing in various movies and books, the Roman Empire existed as one of the largest empires humanity has ever witnessed. Though most experts comment on the vast size of the Empire, the individuals who ruled over the Roman Empire receive the main attention. Whether known for their stringent rule or their long-lasting legacy on the Roman Empire, almost all of the Roman Emperors acquired fame through their rule. One of the most influential leaders of the Roman Empire, Emperor Diocletian, found…

The fall of the Roman Empire By: Owenkosi Sigudla Christianity’s contribution to the fall of Rome The fall of the Roman Empire is said to be an example of a domino effect; this comes from the idea of placing dominoes on their sides, one next to each other and then intentionally knocking the first in the line over to its neighbouring domino. This creates a chain reaction and eventually all the dominoes collapse. It was just like that for the Roman Empire, it was the Huns invading from the east…