Notes On Kings

Rome was having trouble with the dramatic tribes. The Romans and the tribes were separated by a rive with Romans on one side and the tribes on the other. Romans built a wall called Hadrian's wall to separate them. The Severus dynasty is really the last one, because after Get was a horrible one. This was known as the age of the solider emperors. This is the third cemetery CE. The reason why there are so many emperor is because they are general. Once one comes into power, one fights another. This age does not end until 284. Through this time the dramatic times are pushing the boarders, then comes Diocletian, he alters the Roman government. He comes in and says "this cannot go on". He rules until 305. He decides the best thing is to get a new type of government. Tetrarchy- means rule by four. He puts two guys in charge of the west and two guys in charge of the east. Maxentius and Contentious go to war of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, and Constantine wins and becomes the sole emperor. He sees a vision of the Chro. He has all the solider paint the Chro on their shields. Him becoming emperor paved the road for Christianity to be legal. He also moves the Capitol of Rome from Italy to Constanople. Today it is the city of Istanbul, Turkey. Rome Is sacked in 476. They will continue sacking Rome. There are two arguments that Rome falls, or the argument that Rome evolves into Europe. The two arguments play out:
1. Early Christianity. One of the first places that it showed was in Egypt. And Greece And Rome.
In early Christianity Jesus was depicted as a boy with a lamb. This is what they used to get their ideas to one another. They used coded language and coded art.

Catacombs are underground caves used as burial vaults. This is where the Christians started meeting because no one goes down there.
Byzantine Empire. This is when Christianity started becoming very well known. By the 1400 the empire is shrunk into almost nothing.
Justinian - when he becomes emperor, he tried to merge the church and state.