Charlemagne defeated thousands of barbarians and kings during his time of power. He was a very pious Christian, and spread Christianity throughout the Carolingian Empire. Most importantly, using the re-establishment of education and order, Charlemagne was able to save many political rights and bring back culture in Western Europe. The fall of the Roman Empire triggered an era in history known as the “Dark Ages.” The Empire had been divided and taken over by barbarian tribes from the North and East. There was tons of chaos and havoc all over.
Charlemagne responsibilities grew after the battle against the Saxons, which lasted a long period of time (33 years) with each conquest the Frankish empire grew, the growth became the additional power and responsibility for Charlemagne. His responsibility as a Carolingian monarch was to eliminate the leaders in the church that weren’t Christians or who refused to convert themselves or be baptized as a Christian or the conquense was death. The church played a Major role in the kingdom of Charlemagne. It gave him a sense of stability, he in turn provided stability in the church. The people conquered by charlemegne , after being converted to christianty, were taught through the bible of codes that taught right and wrong.
Gaius Marius was significant with his life and career helping the evolution of Rome from a Republic to an Empire. Through him challenging the Senate, his role as a successful general, revealing Senatorial incompetence and his proposal of military reforms, Marius was well known for his improvements to the structure and organisation of the Roman legion. Marius was elected consul in 107BC during the war with the African ruler Jugurtha, King of Numidia. According to Southern “Marius was the first man in his family to reach the consulship so he was a Novus homo”. He was elected consul for a second time in absentia for 104BC as well.
Dawn Coggins Art History through the 15th Century March 9, 2012 Constantine became emperor of Rome in 306. He was the most powerful in his part of the world. He was the first empire to support Christianity and became a Christian also was the first political christo-pagon. Constantine converted during a war with his brother –in –law and co – emperor maxentius. Constantans conversion helped Christianity in many ways.
When he and his co-ruler died, “Tutankamun” became Pharaoh and the priesthood resumed control of their temples. The people happily revert back to their old comfortable traditions. The young Pharaoh “Tutanamun” blotted out all evidence that the blasphemy ever happen to avoid offending the Old Gods, and to restore balance between the deities. Constantine slowly created political structure within the “Christian Church” by including its hierarchy into the Roman State; by bringing the Bishops together organizing the “Council of
The Forgotten Christian World Christianity in all its forms began in the Middle Eastern region during the 1st century C.E., but as it became the state religion of the Roman Empire in the Western Mediterranean, denominations that disagreed with the specific beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church were forced out of Roman-controlled regions and found refuge in Persian-controlled lands. Without the constraints of the Roman theocratic government, these denominations were free to expand and spread deep into the Asian continent. For the first one thousand years of the Common Era, while Christians throughout Europe were struggling to convert and dominate the indigenous religions they encountered, Christianity was able to coexist peacefully as the minority religion in the Middle East and Asia. This coexistence was possible perhaps because these Christians found themselves in the midst of the more tolerant and accepting religions and cultures of Buddhism and Hinduism in China and India, and even early Islam in the Middle East. It is possible that the influence of these religions is the reason that Eastern Christians exhibited a
Feudalism, or a class system that regulates relationships among classes of people, was furthered by the Church and helped mold daily life. Other reasons why the Middle Ages can be labeled as the Age of Faith include the various reform movements initiated and roles the pope played. The era between 500 and 1400 in Western Europe, or the Middle Ages, can be labeled the Age of Faith because of the Church’s influence in unification throughout Western Europe, daily life, and politics. Although the Church didn’t come into its full potential for power until about the eleventh century, the Catholic Church did have a lot of influence in uniting Western Europe. Right after the Roman Empire fell, many Germanic tribes went to war with each other and carved Western Europe into small kingdoms.
Constantine Constantine Perhaps one of the largest influences on the spread of Christianity was Constantine the great. It was during his reign that persecution of Christians was ended and they were able to profess their faith without fear of being persecuted or punished. This had a positive effect on the spread of the faith and religion because the word of God could be spread without fear of the law. The exact date of Constantine’s birth is not certain but was reported as early as AD 274 and as late as AD 288. He was born the son of Constantius Chlorus, a Roman officer who later became a Roman Emperor, and St. Helena.
Constantine legalized Christianity after he said he saw a cross before a battle. The legalization of Christianity allowed the Roman Empire to change from a polytheistic state to a monotheistic state. During the post classical period, Europe changed culturally. Because the Roman Empire was split into the west and the east, they were not culturally unified. The east side was able to read and write while the west was not able to.
This would have furthered the goal of bringing order to the chaos of society and, assuming that the emperor was a good Christian, could also have contributed to reform of the Church. This was the direction taken in the Byzantine Empire. Beginning with the Emperor Constantine, the Byzantine Emperor has assumed authority over not just the government, but also over the Church. Eusebius, in his biography of Constantine, presents an image of Constantine as a divinely appointed ruler, much as David was the divinely appointed ruler of the Hebrew kingdom. This idea, often known caesero-papism, is also seen in the mosaic Justinian and his Courtiers.