How Did Christianity Contribute To The Fall Of Rome
Kiela DeVlaeminck
Professor Schlude
History 130: The Ancient World
16 December 2014
Christianity and the Fall of Rome There are many things that were combined together that influenced the fall of Rome. However the real cause of the fall of Rome has been debated over many years. Christianity many not be on the top of the list for the fall of Rome but it did have some impact.
Christianity was a religion that was prevalent at Septimus’s reign. This was also the time that persecution of Christians began. He proposed a law that persecute individuals who wanted to convert to Christianity. This new law would not persecute individuals who were Christians already. He thought that Christianity would die off since no one could join the group from the …show more content…
This type of religion was one that was nontraditional Roman religion. Christianity is a mono theistic religion which is a belief where there is only one god, whereas Roman religion is a polytheistic religion which is the belief in many gods. Persecutions occurred as a result of this difference. There were many time throughout this time until Constantine the Great ended it all. In 313 C.E. Constantine ended the persecutions, and this would lead to toleration of Christianity. Now Christianity would spread throughout the empire more rapidly than ever. In 395, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Romans changed their frame of mind too and they started to consider their emperor as a god. Christians again did not believe that their emperor was a god, which again put the emperor in a vulnerable and weakened position. This was just the first domino to fall knocking others down with it. The army soon became disloyal and it lead to the entire empire collapsing. There would be more factors that would add to the fall of Rome. Brbarians came to settle in Rome and they were mostly of the Christian religion along with the Alans, Vandals, and the Visigoths. However this clashed with the rest of the Roman citizens who were still
Professor Schlude
History 130: The Ancient World
16 December 2014
Christianity and the Fall of Rome There are many things that were combined together that influenced the fall of Rome. However the real cause of the fall of Rome has been debated over many years. Christianity many not be on the top of the list for the fall of Rome but it did have some impact.
Christianity was a religion that was prevalent at Septimus’s reign. This was also the time that persecution of Christians began. He proposed a law that persecute individuals who wanted to convert to Christianity. This new law would not persecute individuals who were Christians already. He thought that Christianity would die off since no one could join the group from the …show more content…
This type of religion was one that was nontraditional Roman religion. Christianity is a mono theistic religion which is a belief where there is only one god, whereas Roman religion is a polytheistic religion which is the belief in many gods. Persecutions occurred as a result of this difference. There were many time throughout this time until Constantine the Great ended it all. In 313 C.E. Constantine ended the persecutions, and this would lead to toleration of Christianity. Now Christianity would spread throughout the empire more rapidly than ever. In 395, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. Romans changed their frame of mind too and they started to consider their emperor as a god. Christians again did not believe that their emperor was a god, which again put the emperor in a vulnerable and weakened position. This was just the first domino to fall knocking others down with it. The army soon became disloyal and it lead to the entire empire collapsing. There would be more factors that would add to the fall of Rome. Brbarians came to settle in Rome and they were mostly of the Christian religion along with the Alans, Vandals, and the Visigoths. However this clashed with the rest of the Roman citizens who were still