Western Roman Empire

ancient world were developed by the Romans, with their architecture having a presence throughout most of the Mediterranean region. The Romans had created unique bridges, aqueducts, cathedrals, as well as other important civil architectures. Greek architecture and inventions continued to influence Roman society, as well. Many people needed drinking water for personal use, and to solve this problem the Romans invented aqueducts. These man-made channels were the Roman Empire’s way of bringing water…

The fall of the seemingly all-powerful Roman Empire has been blamed on a tremendously long list of mistakes and events that are still heavily debated in today’s society; some examples of the these events include the invasions of various barbaric tribes into Rome, the economic decline and overspending of Roman society, the splitting of the empire into the East and the West, and even the rise of Christianity. While all of these causes likely contributed to the overall downfall of Rome, one in…

The Roman Empire was a dominate force in its prime, but it wasn’t able to last forever. Barbarian invasions in the fifth century and many other factors put an end to the effective government of the Roman Empire. The Huns and other barbarian groups ravaged the fragmented empire. The empire had too much land to control and they were spending too much money on the military. Eventually they ran out of supplies and couldn’t off fight the invaders. The fall of the Western Roman Empire had massive…

Constantine’s victory at the Milvian Bridge over the fellow but rival ruler of the Western Roman empire, Maxentius and his army, became a great triumph for the consolidation and growth of Constantine’s power and with it the development of Christianity. David Potter, author of Constantine the Emperor, argues that Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, or more commonly known as Constantine, “is best known as the emperor of Rome who converted to Christianity and in doing so made it…

Jews were return from exile and granted the permission to rebuild the Temple by King Cyrus. Within this period, the Jewish people were subjected and govern different empires. In doing some would helped the Jews to flourish, others the other hand some would destroyed them. After some time a conflict would occur with the Jews and the Romans, and would cause the Jewish people to become divided into numerous factions and would ultimately destroyed what unity that they had at first at the time of…

Vistula bowl settled in the locale of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. The Czechs established the kingdom of Bohemia and the Premyslide line, which led Bohemia and Moravia from the 10th to the 16th century. One of the Bohemian rulers, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, made Prague a magnificent capital and a focal point of Latin grant. The Hussite development established by Jan Hus (1369?–1415) connected the Slavs to the Reformation and restored Czech patriotism, already under German command. A…

The Roman Empire was on of the most powerful and well recognized empires in history. The fall of the roman empire just goes to show that even the most powerful things have major weaknesses. The decline and fall of Rome was primarily due to the economical problems of the Romans. Rome’s economical problems were a result of the overgrowth of the Roman empire. This was once the sign of Rome’s successfulness but becomes one of their biggest weaknesses. As the empire got bigger the military needed to…

Before the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE, Rome was a place of prosperity and stability. The advancements in technology, government, art, and warfare that are prevalent in the United States today stem from this era. Prosperity came to an end with the fall of the Roman Empire where the government faced political instability due to overspending, invasions from outside and rebellion within. After the fall came the Middle Ages where many Germanic Kingdoms took control over Western Europe. There…

the modern world. Given their centrality in today’s identity politics, the study of race and ethnicity has naturally found its way into the pages of studies on the ancient Mediterranean. The Greeks and Romans are thought to have been the progenitors of ideas and philosophies which the modern “Western” world has inherited and promulgated. This applies in particular to conceptions of race and ethnicity. There have been numerous studies on these related topics over the past few decades. Oftentimes,…

A revival of trade in Europe during the eleventh-century lead to a redistribution of wealth in favor of nonreligious power benefiting the middle class and the monarchies of France and England. Saint-Denis had been the burial place of many French kings. The Gothic was the new and revolutionary architectural style during The Middle Ages and it all began with the reconstruction of St. Denis. Fooling and leading the people out of darkness through innovative creations and reinventions of cathedrals –…