4.5 The Rise of Christianity and fall of Rome

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The rise of Christianity and fall of Rome

What do you already know about Christianity?

Jesus of Nazareth

• Jesus of Nazareth was a Jewish man traveling trough Palestina. 
• After death Jezus promised people they would go to a place called heaven and that there was one God.
• 27-30 AD
• Jesus gains many followers

Polytheïsme

Monotheïsme

faith: Polytheism and monotheism

Polytheism	Monotheism
multiple gods human characters after death in the underworld myths	1 God life after death is more precious than life now.

A new state religion

• Persecution stopped when Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity
  
• He gave Christians freedom of religion in 313 AD
  
• In 392 AD, Emperor Theodosius made Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire

A new capital

• Emperor Constantine was responsible for another big change.
• He moved the capital from Rome to the east.
• Byzantium
• Renamed it to Constantinople 
• Current: Istanbul

The split of the Roman Empire

• Western Roman Empire
• Capital: Rome
• Eastern Roman Empire / Byzantine Empire
• Capital: Constantinople

Decline and fall of the (western) Roman Empire

• The split of the Roman Empire was one of the causes of instability in the Western Roman Empire
  
• Different Roman 'emperors' were fighting for control.
• Or partying..  

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The fall of The Western Roman Empire

• Different Germanic tribes were roaming the Roman Empire.
• Vandals
• Rome was sacked by the Visigoths around 410 AD
• In 476 AD the barbarian Odaeker crowned himself emperor of Rome
• This historical event --> Fall of the Western Roman Empire