My purpose of my research paper is to show how the rise of christianity played a role in the fall of Rome. When christianity first arose the government leaders and emperor thought of it as a threat. They believed that believing in one god (Jesus) and not the emperor would result in disloyalty to the emperor. And because of this threat of christianity the government would punish the people who believed in it. By execution or other harsh punishments. The government made all christians convert back to the religion of Roman gods. In A.D. 64, a big part of Rome was burned down, and the christians were blamed for it. Not because they were guilty but just in pure dislike of them and another reason for the rest of Rome to hate them. But later in 313
