Rome & The Rise of Rome & The Rise of ChristianityChristianity

Sections 4 & 5Sections 4 & 5

Nero Blamed Nero Blamed ChristiansChristians

Persecuted them Persecuted them after he blamed them after he blamed them for a massive fire that for a massive fire that engulfed Romeengulfed Rome

The Edict of MilanThe Edict of MilanProclaimed Proclaimed official official tolerancetolerance of of ChristianityChristianity

without Constantine would Christianity have without Constantine would Christianity have flourished?flourished?

ConstantineConstantineBecame the Became the first Christian first Christian emperoremperor

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Theodosius the Theodosius the GreatGreat

Roman emperor Roman emperor that adopted that adopted Christianity as their Christianity as their official religionofficial religion

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VisogotVisogothshsFirst First

invaders to invaders to sack Romesack Rome

Biggest Biggest factor in factor in the decline the decline of Romeof Rome

50 Million50 MillionAt its height, the At its height, the population of the population of the Roman EmpireRoman Empire

What is the population of the What is the population of the USA today?USA today?

300 Million300 Million

Factors in the Decline of the Factors in the Decline of the EmpireEmpire

1. Christianity1. Christianity weakened Rome’s weakened Rome’s military valuesmilitary values

2. Traditional Roman 2. Traditional Roman values declinedvalues declined as as non-Italians gained non-Italians gained prominence prominence

Factors in the Decline of the Factors in the Decline of the EmpireEmpire

3. Lead3. Lead poisoningpoisoning – – mental mental declinedecline

4. Plague4. Plague – wiped out 1/10 – wiped out 1/10 of the populationof the population

5. Slavery5. Slavery – failed to – failed to advance techadvance tech

6. Political6. Political systemsystem - failed - failed

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