Western Roman Empire

Roman culture is a beautiful and exquisite culture that has define characteristics that we still apply today in the modern times. When we step outside our houses and into the public, we can easily spot some ways that has been influenced by roman culture. The thought of past cultures integrated with our cultures today can easily slip one’s mind because of everyday living and the uneducated. But if we can concentrate for a bit in our surroundings we can find a piece of each culture around us.…

back to the time of the Romans and the Franks. The topic of religion has been known to destroy families, friends, and in earlier times, kingdoms fell to others beliefs. The two primary religions practiced in early Europe were Roman Christianity and Paganism which was often practiced by the Franks, a group of united barbaric tribes. During this period, Roman civilization was coming to a decline, paving the way for a new ruler to take charge. At the fall of the Roman Empire, one king of the Franks…

Hadrian was a Roman emperor who had an intriguing biographical background that after many centuries to fascinate society. Hadrian was known as the traveling emperor as he concentrated on the rebirth of the Roman Empire. He is best known for his passion for Greek art, literature, philosophy, his interest in architecture and more prominently his obsessive infatuation of an otherwise unimportant man, Antinous. Hadrian's parent died while he was a child and Emperor Trajan and Acilius Attanus…

depictions of women in antiquity, one gains a greater understanding of how to effectively combat contemporary gender-based challenges. This scholarly approach is particularly important in studying the “great civilizations” of the western historical past: Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and Medieval…

Throughout the history of the Roman Empire, religion played an immense role in society. Romans saw religion as a duty to the state and to the community, not for the love of gods or the willingness to surrender themselves to the gods. During the Roman Empire the Romans practiced religion and worshiped their gods uniquely and in numerous ways. Worships practices, public religion, private religion and superstitious elements exhibit how the Romans practiced religion as well as how they view and…

quickly evolved into a separate religion with a far greater reaching scope than either Athens or Jerusalem. As it continued to spread across the Roman empire, the church fathers debated and investigated the influence of both Athens and Jerusalem in Christianity. Eventually, they adapted the forms of the Roman government for the church. This repurposed Greco-Roman model ultimately…

The Roman political system revolved around the emperor. Being the central head of the government, effectiveness of the emperor was key in determining the successfulness of the empire. In the third-century, many of these emperors were selected and deposed of by the army and the power begun to switch from politics to the military. Armies played key roles in determining who ascended to power and this can be seen in the conflict between Philip and Decius, Carinus and Diocletian, as well as emperors…

way for Christianity by decreeing it as a major religion throughout the empire, and then later adopting Christianity himself. This was then followed by the geographical displacement…

Christianity expanded throughout the western world at the end of the Roman empire appealing to slaves, the poor, and women. A man born around 4 B.C.E from Jerusalem, Israel, preached about the word of God gaining followers which threatened the Roman Empire. After his death Paul, an apostle, set the foundation of the Church which would influence the western world greatly throughout history. Another prophet named Muhammad also gained followers through his visions of God in the East. This lead…

Peloponnesian war and would arose as the leading power in Greece, however Sparta’s political competence unsuccessfully matched its military repute. It was while Sparta continued to fight against other city-states in Greece that Athens rebuilt its empire after reconstructing its walls and military. Sparta’s military power were ultimately weakened, specifically after several defeats by the Thebans which first occurred in Leuctra in 371 BCE, and then again several years later at Mantinea. However,…