In this past unit, we’ve studied and discussed the belief systems from the earliest
civilizations around the world and up into more recently, ancient Rome. We’ve looked at how
Rome took bits and pieces from different areas, such as, the Greek gods and goddesses and made
them their own and adding gods from the different religions of the places they seized. Rome
eventually embracing Christianity as Ethiopia did, though it wasn’t easy. While watching the
2009 film, Agora, we undoubtedly saw the brutal and destructive shift from the pagan religion to
Christianity. We also examined the once conquering and flourishing Rome slowly start to
weaken and decline. In this paper, I argue that Christianity negatively impacted Rome
through …show more content…
This
change, this destruction of The Serapeum and the end of the teaching of philosophy essentially eliminated the cultural knowledge of Rome. No one benefitted from the destruction of the
Roman culture; the Roman art, knowledge, and architecture was forever lost in history.
Another way Christianity had a negative impact on Rome is through mass violence. In
the movie, Agora, we saw violent uprisings, multiple stonings, and like, previously stated, the
ruthless destruction of roman culture. During the riot in the film, we saw the clash between the
pagans and Christians ending in death and the injury of Hypatia’s father. Later on in the movie,
Orestes also suffered from an injury due to a stone being thrown at him. Hypatia’s life ending
prematurely from not submitting to the Christian religion resulting in the stoning. In the film,
though either death is brutal, Hypatia died from a stoning, but much more cruelly in the actual
history of Hypatia’s lifetime. The crusades also contributed to the violence from Christianity “The
crusades were a series of military expeditions promoted by the papacy during the Middle …show more content…
By changing the distribution of wealth in it's society, Rome itself had to deal with
shifts in the communities which ultimately had disposable income that they were willing to use.
Not only did the people who had disposable income change, where that money was going
changed also. With a sizable portion of the populace converting to Christianity, less of their
money went to the Roman Empire for things such as public works projects, and more of it went
to their church. Finally, another factor in the change of distribution of wealth is that money from
the imperial treasury was given to Christian's to provide for new and rebuilt churches. Ultimately
with so many changes in distribution of wealth, Rome began struggling economically.
In conclusion, Rome adopting Christianity as its official religion help led it to its eventual
collapse through the destruction of culture, the unjust murders, and the misuse of money towards
the church. “The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she
descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the
historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she
civilizations around the world and up into more recently, ancient Rome. We’ve looked at how
Rome took bits and pieces from different areas, such as, the Greek gods and goddesses and made
them their own and adding gods from the different religions of the places they seized. Rome
eventually embracing Christianity as Ethiopia did, though it wasn’t easy. While watching the
2009 film, Agora, we undoubtedly saw the brutal and destructive shift from the pagan religion to
Christianity. We also examined the once conquering and flourishing Rome slowly start to
weaken and decline. In this paper, I argue that Christianity negatively impacted Rome
through …show more content…
This
change, this destruction of The Serapeum and the end of the teaching of philosophy essentially eliminated the cultural knowledge of Rome. No one benefitted from the destruction of the
Roman culture; the Roman art, knowledge, and architecture was forever lost in history.
Another way Christianity had a negative impact on Rome is through mass violence. In
the movie, Agora, we saw violent uprisings, multiple stonings, and like, previously stated, the
ruthless destruction of roman culture. During the riot in the film, we saw the clash between the
pagans and Christians ending in death and the injury of Hypatia’s father. Later on in the movie,
Orestes also suffered from an injury due to a stone being thrown at him. Hypatia’s life ending
prematurely from not submitting to the Christian religion resulting in the stoning. In the film,
though either death is brutal, Hypatia died from a stoning, but much more cruelly in the actual
history of Hypatia’s lifetime. The crusades also contributed to the violence from Christianity “The
crusades were a series of military expeditions promoted by the papacy during the Middle …show more content…
By changing the distribution of wealth in it's society, Rome itself had to deal with
shifts in the communities which ultimately had disposable income that they were willing to use.
Not only did the people who had disposable income change, where that money was going
changed also. With a sizable portion of the populace converting to Christianity, less of their
money went to the Roman Empire for things such as public works projects, and more of it went
to their church. Finally, another factor in the change of distribution of wealth is that money from
the imperial treasury was given to Christian's to provide for new and rebuilt churches. Ultimately
with so many changes in distribution of wealth, Rome began struggling economically.
In conclusion, Rome adopting Christianity as its official religion help led it to its eventual
collapse through the destruction of culture, the unjust murders, and the misuse of money towards
the church. “The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she
descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the
historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she