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    Spectacles in the Christian Roman Empire In the late fourth century, Roman society had changed in two things: Christianity had become a powerful social, political, and religious force, and the Roman spectacles had grown to enormous proportions. Even though the games were supported by the emperors, those spectacles experienced some changes, especially because of a special legislation that produced norms on their performance. Emperors made laws against paganism, idolatry, and sacrifices. In 380,

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    Fall Of The Roman Empire

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    The fall of the Roman Empire was started because of many things. In A.D 90 there were many religions such as: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, the worship of pagan gods, worship of many, many things. There was not just one religion set and stone. The fall of the Roman Empire kick started the spread of Christianity. A lot of people and a lot of historians have argued that the “new found faith” was a major part in the empire’s downfall. In 313 A.D. Christianity was legalized in Rome

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    The Roman Empire, which was centered in the city of Rome, was the most extensive western civilization of ancient times. With its major advancements and prosperity it is hard to believe that the Roman Empire suddenly collapsed and fell into a time known as the Dark Ages. After a period of struggles for the Roman Empire, the empire gradually fell. Rome was the most successful civilization of its time. Its strategic location in the center of the Italian Peninsula and the fertile plains that supported

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    cultural Roman names for what we know as The Colosseum. This historical monument dates us all the way back to the birth of Jesus. Roman Emperor Nero who once held power lead for over a course of many years. Not too many favorited him because of all the misrule throughout his term. This lead to Nero taking his life in A.D* 68 leaving his land in a fueled civil war period. Vespasian, eventually would take the throne after him for ten years. Vespasian was looking for change within the Roman Empire. Along

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    With the Roman Empire succeeding for many years in the Mediterranean world, that included Europe and other Middle East territories. Only caused for it to hit a decline, which resulted in the fall of the Roman Empire in the Western part of history. With two civilizations emerging as new successors to the Romans in the Mediterranean, European and Middle Eastern world, they took on dominant parts and built civilization that they sought was fit to stand. With the Byzantine Empire and the Franks, these

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    strong empire that influenced modern day culture, architecture and legal matters. Buildings were made of beautiful marble; some pieces still stand. Patricians lived lavish lives and certain leaders made the Empire amazing. Rome was a role model of all the civilizations coming after it. But as many great things do, this place of many achievements and advances had a slow and gradual fall. There are many reasons why this empire fell but there are a few that standout. The hardships that the Romans encountered

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    The Fall of The Roman Empire The end of the Roman republic was and very interesting point in time. This shows a period where there was neither any political or government stability throughout the civilization. From reading The book “ The Fall of The Roman Empire”, three reasons jumped out at me or the collapsing of this civilization. They were abuse of power , political corruption, and heavy military spending. The heavily military spending came from the Roman Empire capturing and invading other civilizations

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    The Roman empire expanded and influenced a large region of the Indo-European continent. This influence served as a model, in some ways,by shaping the present day culture and laws we have. The large expansion of the Roman empire during the reign of Augustus brought about the assimilation of the Roman influence into various systems of politics, law, religion, and culture. Augustus came into sole power after defeating Marc Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium. He exclaims that he wants

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    the fourth centuries, Roman bath houses were built with large, windows which are facing south to let in the sun's warmth. This was because they demanded a great amount of heat. In the early Roman Empire most baths faced the afternoon sun in wintertime when they had the most use. They also had their large windows covered with either transparent stone like mica or clear glass, which was one of the great breakthroughs in architecture and solar technology. (Links, 1999)The Romans discovered that transparent

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    What were the most important reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire? Why? The fall of the Western Roman Empire is a very broad topic because there were a multitude of continuous events that led to the disappearance of one of the most legendary empires of the world. The seemingly unstoppable Roman Empire would fall due to the fact that many aspects that made Rome such a dominant empire began to fade. Rome was the center of the world and the thought that such a power in the world could decrease

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