Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Most Roman emperors were very successful in each of their time periods and accomplished many things. But today won’t be talking about most Roman emperors. We will be talking about the reign of Constantine, his rise to power, and his fall. The ruler Constantine has appropriately been known as the most important and crucial ruler of Late Antiquity. He was born on February 27th, 272 A.D and died on May 22nd, 337 A.D. Constantine ruled from 306 A.D to 337 A.D. Constantine’s intense…

Constantine’s city was an ideal capitol for the Eastern Roman Empire. Three reasons why Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople where there was an ideal location for trade, it was easier to defend and there was more support for Christianity. First of all, there was an ideal location for trade. According to the article “ The Survival of the Eastern Empire”, “ Waterways, caravan tracks and paved Roman road made Constantinople a crossroads for trade between…

Roman civil war happened caused by the slave group in late Roman Republic to complete political power and the establishment of military dictatorship. Caesar had occupied Rome and the civil war began. Later, Caesar defeated two other opponents. He practiced personal dictatorship, soon Caesar was assassinated and alliance with Augustus. Augustus is the final winner and the civil war came to an end. He established the Roman Empire. In fact, the civil war played an important role in promoting the…

factor in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Many of Rome’s emperors were greedy, cruel, and lacked the skills needed to rule an empire. In addition, multiple emperors were mentally unstable. An outstanding example of an emperor with these traits is Nero. Nero burned down much of the heart of Rome, in order to make a palace to attest to his riches and honor himself. He also thought of himself much like a god and killed his own mother. A large number of Rome’s emperors were assassinated by…

The Roman road network was, in itself, a symbol of the unity and progress of the Roman Republic at its height. Augustus used that imagery and symbolism to further his own career as the leader of the new Roman Empire by erecting the Miliarium Aureum, a marker from which all roads were said to originate, in the central Forum of Rome, thereby strengthening his connection to the glory of old. One of the first mentions of roman roads in history is a section of the Law of the Twelve Tables from 450…

The Burg Eltz castle began construction between the 9th and the 13th century between Koblenz and Trier, Germany, and took more than 500 years to finally complete construction. The Eltz castle is one of two Medieval castles in Germany to have never been destroyed. Actually, the Burg Eltz castle has never seen battle action in it’s whole 800 years of existence. The castle was built over the Moselle river in a strategically important position, and the foundation itself is 70 meters high. In German…

Today I am going to talk about how Christianity destroyed Rome. God gave Christianity power for helping Constantine believe only in him. Christianity enforced their will on Emperor Theodosius. Finally, Augustine showed the Romans that they were spared by the barbarians through the respect of Christ. In Rome their were a group of men that were called Christians and had a great power. “They offered a spiritual comfort and the prospect of salvation on the one hand, and even riches as a worldly…

Octavian) because it had no royal connotations. In actuality, Augustus had auctoritas (‘authority’) far greater than that of merely a Princeps. He was an Emperor, but he did not explicitly say so, for his predecessor Julius Caesar had done similarly and as a consequence was assassinated by Senators for fear of his tyranny. There have been many Roman generals in the past who have made the transition between oligarchy and autocracy seem seamless due to…

politics, and economic factors have been said to be the cause of the decline of the Roman Empire (Andrews). The traditional Roman religion was slowly replaced. A new way of thinking and a different set of values changed the way Romans looked at the Emperor. The introduction of a different religion was the beginning of the end of the Empire. When Constantine I, or Flavius Valerius Constantinus became Emperor, he believed Jesus Christ helped him win his battles (Mark). “Throughout his life,…

Christians were being tortured and killed because they did not worship the Roman gods even in an agreement in which they didn’t have to believe in them. Although in the beginning the roman government didn’t totally dislike the Christians they allowed almost any, but needed to have…