Western Roman Empire

papacy. When Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope on Dec. 25, 800，it was a key role in strengthening the role of the papacy. When Charlemagne was crowned people told to say “To Charles Augustus, crowned by God, great and peace-giving emperor of the Romans, life and victory” three times. It represented a strategic alliance between the papacy's gradually expanding influence and a political power that was expanding influence. During Charlemagne's coronation, the new form of Christian existence that…

During the rest of his reign Hadrian often traveled the empire working towards his goals of peace; overall he traveled twelve of the twenty years he ruled. He even builds a ship in order to travel faster and more efficiently. Instead of continuing to conquer like Trajan had, he pulls back from some of their lands such as Armenia and Parthia and makes it his goal to defend the lands rather than gain more. His legacy is of great importance to him and he wants to make sure Rome prospers under his…

be on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. As a whole the Germanic tribes contributed different kinds of warfare, politics, and weaponry. An example of this is the two edged-sword, which became more wide-spread in the third century. Although it was the Romans who first developed it, it was the Germanic tribes who made the use of the sword widespread. There were four main Germanic tribes. They were: The Goths, Vandals,…

The Fall of Rome The immense Roman Empire was the most advanced and powerful ancient empire. This mighty empire lasted almost 500 years, and was filled with many proud citizens, soldiers, and politicians. Of these citizens were great poets, philosophers, artists, and engineers that made many advancements in the arts and sciences. If these innovations lasted through time, our technological achievements of today would be more advanced. The Roman Empire’s reach was vast and influence felt all over…

He was Alexander the Great, his wit and ferocity helped him to colonize any land that he sought after. Therefore, his denying of the West in Conklin Akbari’s writing, “Alexander in the Orient: Bodies and Boundaries in the Roman de Toute Chevalerie,” proved that it was unworthy of colonization because of the disgraceful people and inhospitable lands. Conklin Akbari explains in her discussion, that Thomas of Kent does not include Rome as a conquered land because "there is nothing…

a part of feudalism where there would be one central ‘manor’ where the lord would reside and the outlying lands, his fiefs, would be held by his people. With this political change, many new cultural changes occurred as a result. The fall of the Romans caused the quality of life dropped immensely. People scraped by simply to survive. Farmers had just enough food to feed themselves and their own families. Famine was widespread. Because of this, education dropped immensely. Farmers switched…

today. Martyrs had to have a choice; they had to elect to die and they must have felt that death was necessary to further their cause, to further the truth and righteousness of their beliefs. Martyrs were noted as early as the persecution under the Roman Empire and those dying for their faith as seen even to present day. (Gonzalez, 49, 115-116) 3. Monasticism-The fourth century witnessed a massive exodus of the most devout Christians to the deserts of Egypt and Syria in what would lead to the…

Rome expanded beyond Carthage territory grew due to the Punic wars. Rome gained dominance over the western Mediterranean Sea, and access into the Hellenistic kingdoms in the east. Romans believed that the utter destruction of Carthage would be the only thing to end the conflict for good because the Carthaginians could always build up an army and fight back like they did the first time. Also they wanted Carthage and everyone else to know they meant business and would destroy anyone that…

Throughout the first three centuries, Christianity faced persecution from the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful and influential empires in history. Roman allies associated themselves with Roman traditions. Despite the division of the Roman Empire, Christians continued to be persecuted. Constantine, one of Caesar’s sons from the Tetrarchy, would go on to become emperor of Rome and challenged traditional beliefs. Under the rule of Constantine, he implemented a series of…

and continuities in culture due to several political transformations between 200 and 1000 CE. Some of the political transformations include the split between Western Rome and Eastern Rome c. 280 CE, Constantine’s adoption of Christianity in 312 CE, the fall of Western Roman in 476 CE, and the schism of the Christian Church into Western Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox in 1054 CE. Cultural changes of the Mediterranean World between 200 and 1000 CE that resulted from important political…