Visigoths

The Romans had lost their way in favour of the Christian religion. As a result, they found that threats were coming at them from all directions. Disaster both in Rome and from outside of Rome were having an impact on the Roman Empire. While this was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire, it finally began to collapse around 476 AD. The Empire was once ruled by powerful rulers, who were able to conquer many lands, and later it was ruled by Emperors who were weak in nature. Instability…

This gothic time period was centered around the collapse of the Western Roman empire in 467 A.D, which was caused by many events. For instance, as stated in, “The Fall of the Roman Empire,” “The Visigoths looted, burned, and pillaged their way through the city, leaving a wake of destruction wherever they went. The plundering continued for three days. For the first time in nearly a millennium, the city of Rome was in the hands of someone other than…

their writing in Arabic; this was not limited to philosophy. However, they decided to write poetry in Hebrew and include parts of their own scripture within the writing style. Jews would tend to have Muslim teachers, because once they overtook the Visigoths, Jews had to learn Arabic to communicate to the community. Christians, however, typically did not contribute much intellect until after the medieval period. Solely, because they believed science to minimize God’s importance and their faith to…

variables. Discussions will cover areas such as physical geography, military conflict history, analysis of weather and its effects on Spain, and civil considerations. Spain is culturally rich in history and dates to when first the Romans; then, the Visigoths and Moors of North Africa occupied the lands. Spain’s has four religion denominations, which 68 percent is Roman Catholic and two percent being Christian, Muslims, and Jews. The…

The Roman Empire did things that no other empires have been able to do. Five hundred years of economic prosperity, cultural influence, and military dominance caused many to think that Rome was invincible. However, the inevitable prevailed for Rome. At the turn of the fourth and fifth centuries, we see the fall of the Western Roman Empire in Europe, replaced by the numerous Germanic tribes surrounding the borders to the North. This set the stage for what would become of Europe and set the…

The Visigoths sacked Rome in the year of 410 A.D. The Pagans held the Christians responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire. Augustine of Hippo was a man of religious faith, in which he writes a book called The City of God. In his work, The City of God, he defends Christianity against the accusations made by the Pagans. He bases this book off of to two cities which are known as the Heavenly City and The Earthly City. Each of these cities are constructed on either a love of god or a love of…

Since the dawn of time man has forged their existence into the very essence of earth and through the blood sweat and tears have embedded it throughout the ages to come. The middle Ages as perceived to be the dark ages was not entirely in a sense of pure and hellish anarchy as viewed by its name, if we were to view it from a historical perspective we can see that the dark ages represented a key foundation in bridging the classical and modern aspects of society but due the time lapse an epoch of…

Throughout the years of the post classical era, 500 through 1000C.E., the religions Islam and Christianity undoubtedly began to take shape. Although Christianity had already been established since the around 30 C.E., it wasn’t until the post classical era that it became a major religion thoughout western and eastern Europe. (Bentley 233) The Islamic faith on the other hand did not emerge until the year c.610 C.E. and developed as a major religion of the region throughout the time period.…

The Early Middle Ages, from the fifth to the tenth century, is often referred to as the “Dark Ages.” In comparison to the flourishing Roman Empire, many did not believe the Middle Ages to be a time of flourishing literacy and culture. However, learned men during this period were interested in the lost texts of the ancients, especially after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Etymologiae (the Etymologies in English, and also known as “Origins”), by Isidore of Seville, is a compilation of…

Throughout a large portion of the third century CE, the Flavian Amphitheater underwent reconstruction due to severe damage. In 217 CE, the structure was damaged severely by a fire that was caused by lightning. “The hunting theatre was struck by thunderbolts on the very day of the Vulcanalia [the 23rd of August], and such a blaze followed that its entire upper circuit and everything in the arena was consumed, and thereupon the rest of the structure was ravaged by the flames and reduced to ruins……