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Emperor Diocletian
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(r. 284-305)
division of Roman Empire into four parts (tetrarchy) there would be an emperor for each province |
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Late Antiquity
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begins with Constantine's rule
a period transformed by culture and religion |
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Saint Athanasius
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(c. 295-373) Bishop of Alexandria fought against the Arians
promoted his view at the council of Nicaea |
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Menophosites
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held the view that the "flesh" that god had assumed was divine. Led to the belief that humankind's flesh was divine (Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopian churches held this view)
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Saint Augustine
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(354-430) Wrote most of the definitive answers for the West.
Wrote "The City of God" about two cities: the earthly one and the heavenly one |
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Visigoths
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Sack Rome in 410
member of the Goths (east German Tribe) were let into the Roman Empire by Emperor Valens. Visigoth numbers are overwhelming they are not treated well and they rebel, kill Valens at battle of Adrianople and sack Rome in 411 |
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Fall of Rome
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Romulus Augustulus was deposed of in 476.
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Clovis I
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(r. 481-511) Roman Official and leader of the Franks defeated a governor of Gual and several Barbarian rivals. Sets up the line of Clovis, and the kingdom of the Franks
First Barbarian king to change from Arianism to Christianity Used much Roman ideas in founding the Frankish kingdom |
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The Visigothic Code
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drew from imperial presidents like the Throdosian Code
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Ostrogoths
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establish a kingdom in Italy
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