Visigoths

and 600 C.E. as a result of numerous internal and external conflicts. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty internally ruptured due to political ineffectiveness as a result of corrupted emperors and officials and externally disintegrated because of nomadic invasions from Germanic tribes in Western Europe and the Xiongnu in Asia. However, the Roman Empire saw the decay of the faith of the Empire in the citizens as they turned to local landlords for protection, while the local landlords of the Han…

citizens, of which Christianity was a part of. The external conflicts consisted of the spreading diseases, and the ruler’s and representatives’ inability to manage the whole empire; especially when there were nomadic invasions from the west, from the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals and Franks, who were Germanic tribes that had adopted Christianity. The split of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire later on led to many other changes such as Christianity being pronounced as the Eastern Empire’s…

On August 24, 410 A.D, Rome fell into the Dark Ages. In the 3rd century A.D. new leaders were taken over by Visigoths. The beginning of the Middle Ages is called the “dark ages”, which is a Latin term for middle ages which means “medieval”. The dark ages were total chaos, the streets were coated with blood from their own people. Europeans starved the Romans and people were dying left and right. People said that Rome was the mother of the world because it had the most of the supplies which…

Prostitution Should Be Legalized. Today, prostitution has mostly negative stigmas added to it, which could be believed to come from many of the Blaxploitation movies that gave an idea of pimp and ho culture. These movies showed situation where women would be taken advantage of and tricked into become prostitutes, and they would be disrespected and beaten. But even though some of these tragic scenarios have become reality. This isn’t the only environment that prostitution is found and…

At this time, Central Europe was populated by various tribes that includes the Visigoths, Ostrogoth’s, The Franks, the Lombard’s and the Vandals. Each group had their own cultures and beliefs, however, with the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, influencing all of Central Europe to follow and…

During the eighth century Ancient Rome grew from a small town in Italy into an empire that reigned throughout Europe, Britain, Northern Africa, Mediterranean Islands and most of Western Asia. With all this land under one ruling Ancient Rome was culturally diverse, there was a widespread use of Roman language which included Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. Many religions were practiced and respected among the people, who were also paying roman taxes. The romans left behind…

Introduction The Andalusian region in southern Spain has a long, complicated history rooted in the relations between Christians and Muslims. The Great Mosque of Cordoba is one example of these interactions, serving as a visual representation of the political and societal history of the region. The mosque also symbolizes the long cultural dialogue between Islam and Christianity during the medieval period. Construction of the site was “forged out of the interaction of two at the time ideologically…

books in Latin about his conversion to Christianity” (Editors). “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee” (“The Confessions of St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo”). After the fall of Rome by the Visigoths, he wrote City of God to help the Christians get their confidence back. “City of God divides history into a massive struggle between the sinful inhabitants of the City of Man, exemplified by the dying Roman Empire, and the pilgrims or…

Spanish town complete with whitewashed houses and well-tended flower boxes. Located in a magnificent natural setting with the Sierra Blanca Mountains as a backdrop it’s easy to see why this part of the Mediterranean has been home to the Phoenicians, Visigoths, Romans and Moors. Blessed with 27 km of sandy Mediterranean beaches…

Many may think of Rome as a folder. A very nice folder at first, something to put hard work into. However, that folder will break down. This is probably because it was carried around so many times. Possibly even dropped a couple of times. It also may have broken down because there was too much inside. This folder could easily be compared to Rome because after Julius Caesar ruled, Roman terror began. Just like that folder, many things started to nag at the stability of it. What are the primary…