Western Roman Empire

The Carolingian Empire and Ottonian Empire each occurred successively. Starting in the second half of the eighth century with the dynasty known today as Carolingian. Then culminating with the Ottonians as they were being established as the Holy Roman Empire. These empires were located in western Germany, France, and northern Italy. The Carolingian dynasty that was led by Charlemagne and his heirs used illustrated books to better develop Christianity’s exposure among their people which helped…

Western architecture has evolved into many different forms over the past three centuries. It started with the Greeks and the Romans creating basic architectural elements, and continued with many different eras using these elements to create buildings that are distinctly unique. This paper’s goal is to showcase the development of Western architecture from the Romans through the Gothic Era, starting at the creation of basic elements and ending with grand buildings that have used these elements to…

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…

to mean different things in different contexts. The film Gladiator falls under the category of violence as entertainment. Back in the times of the gladiatorial games of the Roman Empire, violence was for the entertainment of the people as well, however, that only scratches the surface of violence’s purpose in the Roman Empire. Society in this time period is inundated with violence, to a much greater extent than today, and it plays many roles. Violence equals power; the more violence a person can…

they choose to worship. In the Roman Empire, paganism had been a dominant religion until the reign of Constantine. To him, Christianity would be the key to strengthen the empire and acknowledge the persecuted Christians throughout the land. He was able to use his opportunities to spread his passion for the religion, and eventually, the empire followed. Despite the strong presence of Paganism before his…

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. (Bentley 291) This was a time of a lot of power struggles…

a group of people that help a person develop a strong moral character in order to do good deeds. It was an important factor that played a major role in the Roman Empire. While Diocletian eliminated all Christians due to their religious differences, Galerius and Constantine issued the Edict of Tolerations to protect them. Even though the Romans believed the rise of Christianity posed a threat to society, people started to change their beliefs when they gain different experiences about this new…

century A.D. to the fourth century A.D., the ideas, development and practice of Christianity changed tremendously from a small Jewish sect during the first century who was among one of the most persecuted groups in the Roman Empire to becoming the state religion of all of the Roman empire during the fourth century. Even though Jerusalem was the birthplace of the religion of Christianity, it was not such a success in this region, in actuality the success of the religion came from outside of…

the western civilization. Although the Roman Empire flourished a long time ago, people still look to the Romans as one of the greatest empires in history. Regarding their religion, it played a huge role throughout their culture. The Romans first received their ideas of religion and mythology through the Greeks, who came before them. Much like the Greeks, the Romans worshiped in many different ways, and celebrated their gods and goddesses with elaborate festivals. Despite this, the Roman…

middle ages. "Stragglers will be penalized." So: How do you know when you have antiquity, and how do you know that you are in the middle ages? One way to know that the Roman Empire is closed for business is when there is no emperor whose writ runs in western Europe, when there is no bureaucracy to collect taxes, and when there is no Roman army paid out of those taxes. The date for that is AD 476 (as good as any). Another way to know is that a…