its origin in the Middle East through the Roman Empire‚ to Eastern Europe‚ and to parts of Eastern and Southwest Asia. Buddhism originated in India‚ and spread along the silk roads to Southeast Asia. Buddhism appealed to the lower class and women. It was less dependent on the higher class (Brahmins) and disregarded the caste system. Christianity also appealed to the lower class and women. Christians were more accepting of slaves and women than most Roman societies. Most of those societies were male-dominated
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this tolerance of Christians‚ as part of a political tactic. It is also difficult to understand why Constantine would pursue the political course of declaring Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. The path to political power in the Roman Empire since Caesar had been to court the support of the Roman soldiers first. Many of these men followed a form of paganism known as Mithraism‚ and Constantine was believed to have been a follower as well. Considering that it was such a
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of the Germanic invasions‚ and decreasing Roman legions which lead to idea of mercenaries that only cared about money moreover Roman values. The Huns were migrating from central Asia to Eastern Europe‚ and ejected the Germanic peoples. The Visigoths‚ Ostrogoths‚ and other Germanic people invaded Roman territory seeking safety‚ but the legions couldn’t push them back and slowly gave up parts of the Roman empire. The former powerful legions of the Roman Empire were now undisciplined and lacked proper
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Late Antique period of the Roman Empire‚ Christianity was able to flourish. Integrating itself within the government‚ and with the rule of the emperors themselves‚ allowed the religion to spread quickly throughout society and to be given large amounts of authority. In addition‚ debates regarding different doctrines helped to create a relationship between orthodoxy and the government. These changes can be seen in how Christianity saw shifts in how it interacted with the empire both in regards to its coexistence
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and those of his successors‚ bring together various worlds? Zoom -middle-east to goods of Mediterranean‚ money based economy‚ and greek ideas -plunder made economic expansion in med. -Selecus‚ Ptolemy‚ Antigonus‚ Lysimachus‚ and others divided empire -syria(selucids)‚ Macedonia(Antigonids)‚ Egypt(Ptolemies) -fierce competition through international relations Hide Insert Card 2 Zoom Describe the influence of Hellenism on societies outside Greek homeland during this time period
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Martyrdom in the 3rd Century Roman Empire Reading the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Falicitas‚ it is easy to gather that the general feeling and attitudes of the Roman people toward Christians were intolerant at best. The very concept of Christianity‚ in that it is monotheistic is a threat to the ancient Roman culture. Romans‚ while not entirely religious in terms that we understand it now‚ believed that their Emperors were semi-divine and closely linked with their Gods. For Christians not to participate
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How did the Romans obtain and control such a vast empire? In its time‚ the Roman Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen. The fact that the Romans were able to control and obtain an empire of this size was due to plenty of factors‚ but the main ones are the Roman army‚ the Roman roads‚ Pax Romana‚ the borders of the empire‚ and the benefits of the barbarians who became ruled by the empire. On their own‚ these factors wouldn’t do much at all‚ but such a combination brought great success
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The Early Christian Church in the Roman Empire Camilo SalasBowen HIST 191 Wester Civilization Dr. Eric Graff November 14‚ 2014 From 313 C.E 500 C.E‚ the Christian church was very important to the Romans. In fact‚ the political and cultural experience of the third and fourth centuries was substantially affected by the rise of Christianity. However‚ the church not always held this political position after Christ. The fidelity of the Christians to the church
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The Roman Empire was the most widespread administrative and societal structure of Western civilization. By 285‚ C.E‚ the Roman Empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome. The Romans showed a talent of borrowing and improving upon the skills and concepts of other cultures. They borrowed extensively from the Greeks and also from the Egyptians‚ Persians and the Carthaginians. All this was done in an attempt to try to conquer and spread their ideologies throughout the world
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the Roman Empire Clinton Jenkins Hum 121 Octavius Research Paper 10/11/12 Gaius Octavius Augustus First Emperor of the Roman Empire Gaius Octavius‚ better known to historians as Augustus‚ succeeded his great uncle Julius Caesar following his assassination. In his wake‚ Augustus would become the first Emperor of the newly formed Roman Empire and bring massive‚ sweeping revisions to Roman law as well as centralize the government‚ military and economic currency of the Empire. He
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