Diocletian

Augustus died, the Roman Empire lost sight of their polytheistic and slave driven society, which lead to disagreement of right and wrong amidst the people. After Romulus Augustus no one man was able to govern the whole Roman Empire, this forced Diocletian to divide Rome into two Empires, the Western and Eastern Empire. Once Rome had lost their dominant ruler, they became vulnerable and weak to outside attacks, this lead to a decline in trade and overall income which made it impossible for the…

The period of declaim started after the death of Marcus Aurelius. Weak army, corrupt bureaucracy and social crisis were tearing the state from the inside. There were few divisions of Roman Empire and few attempts to join it again (by emperors Diocletian and Constantine, who made Christianity an official religion of Rome), but in 395 A.D., weakened by Barbarian’s pressure, it was finally divided into Eastern and Western. The capital of Western part became Ravenna. By year 476 there was no Empire…

The Roman Republic was indeed a prosperous civilization with advancements in literature, poetry, and architecture, but after an unfortunate series of bad rulers and growing barbarian and Germanic tribe power, the Roman Republic declined and eventually split. A desire for military superiority could also be attributed to the fall of the Roman Republic in taking too much land and spreading troops too thin across their borders. A few select leaders partially paused the Roman Republic decline, but…

Roman Empire. Territory was being divided and failure to enforce rules was causing the Roman Empire to lose the strengths that were set for it. The empire fell due to political, economic, military, and changes in roman citizens. Constantine and Diocletian split the empire up by the referring to them as the western and eastern empires. Constantine controlled the eastern empire and is where he built Constantinople and saw the wealthy rise of economy with it as the western empire was slowly falling…

Jesus throughout the Roman Empire to convert other Jews and Gentiles. Christianity was misunderstood and was mistrustful. Nero, a Roman emperor, persecuted the Christians. Christians were tortured, were fed to the dogs and nailed to a cross. Diocletian, the last emperor who persecuted the Christians, continued the persecution. He believed if people failure to worship the traditional Roman gods, the gods would be angered and there would be a hardship to the empire. He orders the Christians…

the foundations of the post-classical European civilization. Constantine’s reign was not only eventful, but it was also highly dramatic. While Constantine’s father succeeded Augustus’ rank, Constantine had served under the distinction under both Diocletian and Galerius. He was then allowed to join his father in Britain and assisted him in a campaign against the Picts. When Constantine’s father died he returned back to Augusta Treverorum, which served as his residence for the next six years. Even…

example, “The emperor blamed Christians that destroyed much of Rome and subjected them to cruel deaths” (McGraw-Hill Networks, 153). Although there were many people who hated Christians, there were a few people who were fair and kind. Constantine and Diocletian came up with the Edict of Milan. This meant that Christianity would be accepted in the empire. It even turned that Constantine became a Christian himself. The emperors hated Christianity so much for one main reason. “The Romans tolerated…

Greece, Roman, and the Middle Ages were very different time periods. The Greeks ruled from 1750 bc to 133 bc. This was a time of war. Training would start at age seven but if the child was sick he or she would be left to die. With this war, a major change arose. The war required Spartan women to exercise and strengthen their bodies to produce strong offspring. This is something that has never happened before. The Greeks were known for were their crowd pleasing Olympic games. Ultimately the end…

The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in its time period. It had acquired wealth and power on three continents and constantly growing its reaches to the next. It was one of the first with a much advanced government, military, and economic capabilities in which the empire flourished with its combined Greek and Latin culture. But as its constant growth and expansion was its advantage it also became one its major disadvantage, a small city to vast empire which ruled over the Mediterranean…

Monarchy was the earliest form of government for the Roman city-state. Their Kings governed in consultation with an assembly made of the most prominent and wealthiest families of Rome called the patricians and formed a privileged social group called the plebians (citizens that was allowed to vote). After the death of each King, the patrician assembly would choose his successor. Later after the Etruscan King was overthrown, the Romans founded the Roman Republic. The republic differ from the…