The Changing World of Rome: Emperors, Christians, and Invaders

• Quote: "Instead of dying, the Mediterranean civilization of Greece and Rome began to spread among many still- barbarian northern peoples, until it became the christian Europe of the middle age"  
• Biggest change- the spread of christianity 
• Era of Roman Peace 
• new monotheistic religion = christianity 
• group within Judaism, time of division and uncertainty 
• Christianity developed away from Judaism 
• Empire wide community- Catholic Church 
• Germanic Barbarians of Northern Europe 
• Rome's neighbors during Pax Romana 
• self rule by centralized government 
• openly ruling as an absolute monarch 
• failed to keep the empire together
• resulted in future development of the West
• Rome prospered = christianity grew and spread 
• Christians were harshly persecuted 
• tolerated it 
• burden of government and army became too heavy,
• barbarian attacks grew too fierce 
• empire began to collapse