- Hadrian builds a wall- "Hadrian's wall"- limits expansion in the north.
Era when the expansion of the Roman Empire ENDS. - Severn Dynasty-Septimius Severius-First African Emperor of Rome
- Caracella is assassinated...Age of the Soldier Emperor
- No one has control because everyone is killing each other..
- Diocletian comes and changes everything even the government into a Dominat (One guy puts everything in order-Tetrarchy(Rule of 4) He takes the Roman Empire and splits it in half where 2 guys control each part..One wants more power than the other and war breaks out
- Maxentius and Constantine are the two most powerful of the tetrarchy and go head to head at the battle of Milvian Bridge (Oct.28 312), Constantine wins the battle
- That morning Constantine saw a vision in the sky of a Chi ro(First 2 letters of Christ) The soldiers painted it on their shields and he won the battle...He now made Christianity legal. Before they wouldn't pay tribute to the other Gods.
- Constantine's victory gave him total control of the western Roman Empire, paving the way for Christianity as the dominant religion over Europe.
- He made the new capital of Rome Constantinople
Late Antiquity
- Era of soldier emperors
- rise of dicletiaons and tetrarchs
- rise of Constantine and new government
- rise of new capital
- Gauls, Vandals coming in to attack the city of Rome and it falls in 476
Early Christianity
- Christianity is illegal so they use the symbol of the fish.
- Use of symbols
- portrayed Jesus differently
Byzantine Age
- Ravanna is the capital
- Constantinople is the "Seat" of Byzantine Empire
- Picture: Church is strong and army is strong and Justinian has both of the, so he is VERY strong
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