christianity and the fall of rome
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Christianity and the fall of Rome. Christianity. Rome tolerates many religions Still had to honor Roman Gods and acknowledge divine spirit of emperor Judea Conquered in 63 BC Jews were monotheistic Excused to worshipping Roman Gods. Some still not happy with Roman and Greek influence - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Christianity and the fall of Rome
Christianity
Rome tolerates many religionsStill had to honor Roman Gods and
acknowledge divine spirit of emperorJudea
Conquered in 63 BCJews were monotheistic
Excused to worshipping Roman Gods
Some still not happy with Roman and Greek influenceJews rebelled and were crushed by the
RomansNew religion came from Judaism with
Jesus being the leaderChristianity
Jesus spread his word
JesusBorn in 4 B.C.Worshipped God and followed Jewish lawBegan preaching and performing miracles
of healingBeliefs based in Judaism, but had new ideas
Bring spiritual salvation and eternal life to anyone who believes in him
Condemned to death for his beliefs
Christianity spreadsMany are martyred and oppressed for
their beliefsConstantine declares Rome a Christian
empire, 313 A.D.Church develops
Has huge impact on government
Structure of ChristianityHad to be baptized to join
Sins forgivenFollowed in Jesus’ teachings
Everyone is equal At first
Pope was the leaderBishops, responsible for diocesePriest, leader in diocese
Differences ariseDebates on power, beliefs
Councils met to decide official Christian teachings
Assignment
Create a comic strip that shows the progression of religion in the Roman Empire Starting with Gods, ending with structured
Christianity
Comic strip must have Understanding of evolving beliefs 6 slides
Picture Description Color
Fall of Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius dies in 180 A.D.No true leader after him26 emperors in 50 years
1 died of natural causes
Social and economic problemsHigh taxes place huge burden on farmers
and business owners
ReformsDiocletian and Constantine place many
reforms on Roman empire Improved economy
Split Roman empireConstantine sets up new capital in the east
ConstantinopleNew Rome
Invasions Huns
Nomadic tribe that conquer lands from Central Asia toward Eastern Europe
Forced Germanic tribes to come into Roman empire
Conquered many lands and eventually Rome
476- Rome emperor taken from throne