The fall of the super power known as the Roman Empire was caused due to varying political and religious factors, one of these reasons includes the crucial lack of unity amongst the people of the Roman Empire as the result of the rise of the Christian religion which caused the eventual split of Rome . During 285 AD a Roman Emperor name Diocletian realized that the empire had grown to large to control from one capital; this had then initiated the split of the Roman empire, the east which Diocletian had kept for himself and the west whom he trusted to a military officer named Maximian. The split between the empire was thought to be used to improve communication and military effectiveness. Prior to the era of the fall of Rome, Constantine the
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“But finally under Constantine Christianity was accepted as the religion of the people and of the state. A large part of the empire was already Christian, and the recognition of the new religion gave stability to the new government.” (‘Outlines of Roman History’ by William C. Morey 1900, Ch.28, 2.Adoption of Christianity). The quote is a secondary source written by an author named William C.Morey in 1900 recounting how Christianity had rapidly spread throughout the Roman Empire. This establishment of Christianity was made shortly after the long and bloody span of time that Christian persecution was frequent and feared due to the many Roman Emperors who opposed this religious belief and initially thought of the Christian preachers to be a troublesome group of rebels though they also felt threatened. Constantine would then reunite the east and west empire under his rule consecutively moving the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium which he would then rename the city Constantinople after its founder himself. “By a succession of victories over his different rivals, which it is not necessary for us to recount, Constantine became the sole ruler, and the whole empire was reunited under his authority.” (‘Outlines of Roman History’ by William C. Morey 1900,
“But finally under Constantine Christianity was accepted as the religion of the people and of the state. A large part of the empire was already Christian, and the recognition of the new religion gave stability to the new government.” (‘Outlines of Roman History’ by William C. Morey 1900, Ch.28, 2.Adoption of Christianity). The quote is a secondary source written by an author named William C.Morey in 1900 recounting how Christianity had rapidly spread throughout the Roman Empire. This establishment of Christianity was made shortly after the long and bloody span of time that Christian persecution was frequent and feared due to the many Roman Emperors who opposed this religious belief and initially thought of the Christian preachers to be a troublesome group of rebels though they also felt threatened. Constantine would then reunite the east and west empire under his rule consecutively moving the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium which he would then rename the city Constantinople after its founder himself. “By a succession of victories over his different rivals, which it is not necessary for us to recount, Constantine became the sole ruler, and the whole empire was reunited under his authority.” (‘Outlines of Roman History’ by William C. Morey 1900,