Holy Roman Emperor

The Roman and Han Empires were the greatest empires in history. Both empires showed great military forces, strived in economic trade, and their territories covered vasts amounts of land, yet they both had an unfortunate collapse. Although the Roman and Han empires are similar politically and socially in that there was conflict between the statuses there were also differences. In both Imperial Rome and Han China there was a social unrest during the collapses of the empires. The society of the Han…

272 A.D. His father was Falavius Valerius Constantius; also know as Emperor Constantius I, reined in the Western Roman Empire. Constantine’s mother Helena, later named Saint Helena, was praised for her discovery of the cross on which Christ was crucified. From the beginning, Constantine was expected to have a successful military career. In 293 A.D. his father became Maximian’s Caesar, co-emperor of the western district of the Roman Empire; however, Constantine would still have twelve years…

Do you know one of the most successful emperors in history??? Let me give you a hint: Charles the Great aka Charlemagne. Charlemagne was one of the greates Christian Emperors to have ever lived. He was a respectful man, who loved all of his four wives, his mother, and his daughters . He was about 6 feet tall which very tall for his time. Charlemagne was a great man, he has been accused of a few crimes but, if you look at the pros and cons he was a hero. He lived a extraordinary life which made…

ruled from A.D. 306 to 337, and was most commonly known for being the first Christian Emperor. Constantine fought to take power after his father’s death and saw a vision that would convert him to a Christian forever. The life of Constantine revolved around his family, his conversion to christianity and the type of leader he was throughout his Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was later known as the Roman Emperor Constantine I who fought at Milivian Bridge, and built Constantinople.…

Then final large persecution of Christians began under the rule of Diocletian. This became known as the ‘Great’ Persecution and it took place between the years 303 and 313. Although this was the last of the persecutions the Christians in the Roman Empire, it is also considered to be the most severe. It started with the issuance of the First Edict in early 303. The biggest effect of this edict was that all Christian churches were to be destroyed, as well as all copies of scriptures and liturgical…

Constantine is often regarded as the first Christian emperor, receiving veneration as a saint in both the Eastern and Western churches. The myth of “Saint Constantine” states that he awoke in the middle of the night, a bead of sweat might have been dripping down his temple, as he recalled the dream that initiated the rise of Christianity . Visions of Christ had told him in this dream to paint the first letter of Jesus’s last name on his army’s shields and for the spears to be made into crosses .…

Idolatry, written at the turn of the third century, Tertullian insists that among the professions or trades forbidden to Christians were executioner and torturer. He states that until the end of the second century, Chrisitans were not in the army. As the Roman Empire in the third and fourth century became increasingly Christian, and was threatened by tribes from the East who were sometimes pagan they shifted in favor of just war policies. They started to support the use of both war and capital…

Eusebius’ excerpt The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine and Mou Tzu’s excerpt The Disposition of Error clearly depict the issues Rome and China faced as these new religions entered their society. During Eusebius’ time Christianity was a fairly new religion and was seen as a threat to Pagan Rome, thus it received a lot of backlash. Mou Tzu lived in 6th century China which was after the Han Dynasty fell. This was a time where people were open to new ideas. Thus Mahayana Buddhism flourished…

medieval pyramid and the Emperor was the ruler of the Japanese. However, being a king in Europe was more respected because he had so much more power than a Japanese Emperor so it would be better to be a king King rather than an Emperor. The medieval kings were the ones that controlled the country they were in. They usually became king because they were the ones who had conquered…

There was once a beloved ruler, who encouraged schools and knowledge for everyone, while conquering territory and governing the city to the best of his ability. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was a widely known emperor who ruled most of Western Europe from 768 to 814. His father, Pepin the Short, was Mayor of the Palace to king, who ruled over the Frankish kingdom for fifteen years until his death in October 768 AD. When his father died, the Franks placed the two brothers,…