Fall Of The Roman Empire

Even with the death of Constantine, who was a major role in making Christianity the major religion of the Roman Empire, Christianity continued to grow quite rapidly but this wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the help from Emperor Theodosius 1, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 379 CE to 395 CE. Theodosius was the first emperor to decree- an official order issued by a legal authority- that all citizens should be Christians. Theodosius outlaws pagan worship throughout the entire empire, closed the schools and universities, and converted pagan temples into Christian churches. In him doing so, Theodosius had devoted so much effort to promoting Christianity that he seems to have neglected his other duties as emperor and was the last emperor to rule both the Eastern and Western Empires

In Ancient Rome, social problems contributed to the ultimate fall of the empire. When Christianity first spread to Rome it was a minor religion and people did not believe it was a problem. Because of Christianity did not follow the basic rules of a religion believers were tormented and put to death. They thought that by doing so less people would follow the religion but the opposite happened and soon the religion was spread throughout most of Rome. Christianity taught the people to be pacifists and to be loving. Because of this there was a big decrease in Roman soldiers to protect the Empire and many government officials dedicated their lives to church instead of to rome. Much of the money that would have been used for road repairs and building

Christianity was frowned upon by the Romans. The Roman Emperor wanted the people to worship him and the Roman Gods. Christians were blamed for many of the misfortunes that happened in Rome. Due to the belief that Christians were to blame they were ostracized, tortured and even killed.

The conditions in the Roman Empire were optimal for the development of what is now a prevalent and well established religion. Many factors were influential in the development of Christianity in Rome, and they all were successful in their own way. From Constantine to Paul, and the people their messages reached throughout the empire, they were all united under one

‘Christians to the lions’ as Trajan would say, an emperor in the early centuries Christianity to them have alienated the favour of their gods which has and would continue to cause disasters in the Roman Empire. The misfortune of Christians did not stop during this period, but it did come to a composed halt as Galerius, gave Christians the right to worship in some sense. Christianity during the early stages was clearly a course of persecution and forced pagan accusations. Constantine dramatically changed the recourse of religions with the battle of Milvian Bridge as Christianity became the predominant religion of the Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire endured from 27 BC until its end in 476 AD, a period surpassing five hundred years. The grounds and domains of the Roman Empire incorporated the terrains around the Mediterranean, West and South Europe, Britain, Asia Minor and North Africa including Egypt. There were numerous and assorted purposes behind the Decline of the Roman Empire. The last final knockouts bringing about the End of the Roman Empire were the spread of Christianity, with its new standards and convictions. The expanded force and franticness of the Barbarians who attacked Italy and undermined Rome. One of the fundamental explanations behind the end of the Roman Empire was Christianity. Life and the future appeared to be sad for the a large number of individuals who were ruled by Rome where a hopeless life and an early passing was verging on unavoidable. Christianity taught the faith in an existence in the wake of death which gave trust and fearlessness to the urgent. Christianity lectured that life was hallowed and one of the best sins was to murder. Dispositions in the Roman Empire changed from being adversarial, antagonistic and forceful to getting to be pacifistic having faith in peace and the holiness of life.

Christianity grew very quickly under the rule of the Emperor Constantine and his Christian successors, partialy because of state patronage, including the expenditure of enormous sums of imperial money. At the same time, this patronage contributed to the decline of the Roman empire, although scholars disagree as to whether it was the major single reason or merely a contributing factor to the decline of empire.

One of the main causes for the Fall of the Roman Empire was Christianity. Life and the future seemed hopeless for the millions of people who were ruled by Rome where an early death was almost inevitable. Christianity taught the belief in an afterlife which gave hope and courage to the desperate. Eventually the Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great,

Christians went from being persecuted to dominating Rome rather quickly. In a world where separation between church and state does not exist, a Christian becoming the sole emperor of Rome symbolized a huge turning point in history. The power switched and the Pagans in turn became persecuted. Christians rose up and took control of all aspects of Roman society. The Pagan past was destroyed, banned, or forgotten about. Those Christians that did not agree with how things were being run either left the empire and became monks or formed their own sect. All of Rome changed.

When Christianity first emerged it culturally threatened the Greco-Roman social order; they strongly adhered to the belief that Jesus was the messiah and their allegiance was with him, not the Roman Emperor. The emperors were viewed as ‘saviours’, they were not merely human but also divine and at the moment of death their soul would rise to the heavens. Due to them being pedestalized it was a popular tradition to build temples and make sacrifices to the emperor and thus, it also became important that everyone (with the exception of Jews as it was an ancient and already established faith which the Romans respected because of this) did the same. Romans were suspicious of new religions and the proclamation that Christians made deeply offended them. Christians voiced the belief that the person the Jews had sacrificed was the true saviour, the son of God which

The relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire is interconnected with each other in different ways. Heaps of commotion and perspectives were constructed, and it caused several disputes to form all over Europe. In addition to this, there was also a large amount of seclusion, death and persecution during the time. Events such as the Fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, the rise of Christianity, and its expansion throughout the Europe were a result of the political conflict. Due to the actions of many individuals and groups that influenced the course of major events, the relationship between the Roman Empire and Christianity was quite tense, problematic and confrontational.

The rise in Christianity plays a part in the fall of the Empire as before, the Emperors were seen as gods on earth and treated as such, but with Christianity and their one god the Emperors began to be seen as well powerful and did not hold the same reverence as before. Gibson believed that that Christianity hastened the fall of the Empire but was not the main cause. Another reason Christianity helped in the downfall of the Roman Empire is that many became monks and practiced pacifism, so along with a multitude of bad harvests the amount of people available to fight in the army also declined, this meant the empire had to buy more barbarian mercenaries who were not always loyal to the Empire. Although, the rise in acceptance of Christianity was not the final cause of the fall of the Western Roman Empire it was certainly a

Rome started out as a Republic, but then changed to a dictatorship all because of a guy named Julius Caesar. Emperors continued to follow behind him. The Romans were polytheistic, so when this new religion came along called Christianity, Roman Emperors got frustrated that these new people weren’t following the same religion. The Emperor ordered that these people should be killed. The Christians didn’t resist, which brought in more followers. The military was made up of all Romans, but they were more loyal to their commanders than the Emperor. Christianity then became the only religion in the Roman Empire. I believe that Christianity and the military lead to the fall of the Roman Empire.

When Christianity became legal, it became the doorway to political power. When emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, everything about the religion would change. Edward Gibbons said, “the decline of the Roman empire was hastened by the conversion of Constantine”. Christianity was no longer prosecuted. The Romans' worshiped several gods.

In AD 476 the whole of the Roman Empire had declined, the Romans had been overthrown by the Goth Leader, Odoacer who became the King and ruler of Italy. He officially deposed the last reigning Roman Empire. There are many different reasons for why the Empire collapsed (the 4 factors, Barbarians, Christianity, Nature and the Romans.) However, we have no substantiation to prove that any of these factors actually weakened and destroyed the Empire but, I think the main reason for the fall of the Roman Empire was Christianity because the Christians built many Churches. For example, St. Peter’s Church in Rome. This used up valuable cash which was needed for the defences and fortifications to help defend the Empire. I believe that if this valuable