Constantine I and Christianity

When Emperor Constantine I signed the Edict of Milan and put an end to the Age of Martyrs there was an unforeseen consequence. Part of the Edict made Christianity the main religion in the Roman Empire, which lead to a large amounts of false salvations. When the threat of death was eradicated from following Jesus, and it was deemed culturally…

St George of Lydda BIOGRAPHY The life of a saint is one filled with hardships and persecution. Saints are those who go beyond the daily mass and preach the Good News to all people, even at the cost of their life. St George was born in AD 280 in Cappadocia (an area that is now part of Turkey) and died on the 23rd of April, 303 in Palestine. He was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background. His father, named…

difficult. In hope to maintain order, Emperor Diocletian came to the conclusion around 285 CE that the best solution to this problem would be to split the Roman Empire . The eastern part of the Roman Empire, know as the Byzantine Empire, was founded by Constantine the Great in 330 AD and had a powerful military and economy. The many differences in the two empires caused the Western Roman Empire to collapse in the late 5th century CE, but the Eastern Roman Empire was able to thrive into the…

than a building. Representing an early treasure of Italy, this church illustrates a great masterpiece of architecture. A circular structure outside the walls of ancient Rome, Via Nomentana, was built as a mausoleum for Constantina, daughter of Constantine I (Poetschke 52). The ambulatory is surrounded by a central dome and the building is constructed as a tholos related design. The structure has survived stability in its original form, but despite the damage it has undergone over the past…

Christianity became the greatest religion of the Roman Empire right under the Empire’s eyes. Probably the biggest “mistake” of the Romans was to disregard Christianity as one of its kind and underestimating it as another sector of Judaism (Spielvogel 170). The religion began in Judea, east of the Mediterranean, a region where Romans kept watchful control of. If it depended on Roman rule, Christianity would not have flourished past its place of origin. However, trade played a significant role in…

Constantine and his Role in the Rise of Christianity Constantine reflected on previous emperors seeing that worshiping multiple Gods was just an artful deception. He wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps as a Christian, so he prayed to God to reveal to him who he truly was. He saw a chi-rho of light in the heavens bearing the inscription, “By this symbol you will conquer.” While he was sleeping the night before the Battle of Milvian, the Christ of God appeared to him with the same sign;…

In ancient Rome, the society started as practicing paganism. In fact, many of the Christian celebrations today were actually at one point pagan. In Rodoifo Lanciani book Pagan and Christian Rome, he explains the slow transition from Paganism to Christianity and how it took 300 years of fighting to fully gain acceptance…

The reason why Christians persecuted in the early centuries after Christ was because the beliefs values and practices were against and was at odds with the Roman culture; it created tension which eventually led to persecution. The Christians did not give ritual sacrifices like the Romans did. The Romans understood that their gods but the God that the Christians believed and worshipped. The Romans believe the gods would protect their Empire from destruction if they honored and sacrificed the…

Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire started around 330 AD. The Byzantine Empire is the most impressive civilization we learned in World History I because they have interesting education skills, important religion, and skilled achievements. First, Education is the most important during the Byzantine Empire because they had Roman and Greek grammar and literature to help the students understand. Another reason why education was important because Monasteries and private tutors were helpful to kids…

“The Relationship Between Religion and Empire” Throughout 300BCE-1000CE, within many empires, leaders relied on their beliefs and traditions as a way to rule over their empires. Constantine, who was heavily influenced by Christianity, sought protection and guidance through his knowledge in Christian beliefs and traditions. Some rulers, such as the Caliph Umar II, sought to endorse their religion as the main belief of their culture despite ruling over diverse communities. Later on, this idea of…