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Primacy of Rome
Catholic; Peter became the first bishop of Rome
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Barbarian invasions
- invaded Dabube river to Balkans-> Roman got weaken.
- Rome’s peril but its internal weakness encouraged
- these attack.
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Diocletian
Emperor, One of reconstruction and reorganization. Decreed the introduction of Tetrarchy.
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Tetrarchy
- Diocletian: Thrace, Asia, Egypt
- Maximian: The title of Augustus(Italy, Africa, Spain)
- Galerius: The title of Caesar(Balkans)
- Constantius: British and Gaul
Territory
- The title of Augustus (Italy,
- Africa, Spain)
The title of Caesar (Balkans)
British and Gaul
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Constantine
Son of Constantius, Emperor, One of reconstruction and reorganization. United territories from tetrarchy. supported Christianity-> Autocracy.
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Constantinople
The new capital city of Constantine’s empire (Roman). It was the site of Byzantium.
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Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Huns [Attila]
- in the 4th century, divided Roman empire into 2 (Rome and Greek area). treated Roman Empire
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Battle of Adrianople, 378
Valens (Eastern Roman empire or Byzantine Empire) attacked the Goths (probably Visigoths) and lost with Valens death in Adrianople.
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Theodosius I
- - Co-ruler with Valen in the Byzantine Empire
- hetried to unify the empire again. After his death, Roman Empire got weaker.
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Byzantine
the center of vital and flourishing culture.
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Mani, Manichaeism
- Rival of Christianity; born in Persia in the 3rd century.
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Persecutions under Decius and Diocletian
- - Decius
- required all citizens to worship the state gods publicly.
- -Diocletian
- confiscated Christian property and destroyed churches.
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Edict of Toleration [Edict of Milan, 313]
Toleration of Christianity
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Arianism
- Belief that Christ was the first of God the father’s
- creation and the being through whom the father created all things.
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Athanasius
Later bishop of Alexandria; his view became Orthodox; accepted the theory of salvation.
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Council of Nicaea, 325
- a conference between Arianism and Athnasius
- - Athnasius won
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Jerome: Vulgate
Latin translation of the Bible that became the standard text for the Catholic Church.
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Confessions, The City of God
Augustine’s most famous work
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Fall of Rome, 476
The end of Roman Empire
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