- Hadrian expands the empire to its larges ta nd limits it to the north
- Marcus Aurilius limits the empire to the west
- under Clodius the empire begins to clash
- first african emperor of rme was Septimius Severus e mpire stablizes
- under his son, Caracalla begins the time when roman generals ruled rome
- all the general fight for power (soldier emperors)
- no control until Diocletian in 284 changes the for of government inot a Dominata
- tetrarchy - 2 people control eastern part and 2 control the west
- this creates civil war
- the 2 most powerful tetrarchs are Maxentious and Constantine
- they battle called the battle of the Milvian bridge on october 28, 312
- constantine wins the battle
- constantine saw a vision in the sky of the chi ro (p and X fist letters of christ) his solders paint it on their shields
- Constantine makes christianity legal as a resault
- christianity became dominent religion for the roman empire and all of europe
- He also moves the copitol to constantinople (istanbull) in Turckey
- and when the roman empire colapes this city is where the bysantine empire begins
Late antiqity
elements
- solder emporers
- rise of christianity
- rise of constantine
- movement of the capitol
- visigoths attaching Rome (city) and falls in 476
Two views
- roman empire ended
- roman empire turned into modern europe
Early christianity
- early christianity was ilegal
- their art was neutral
- you need to know the code to understand the art
- Roman Catacombs - systum of caves that early christian hid in
- dipiction of jesus is different in modern times
- used symboles
Bysantine age
- leader Justinian
- art showing he has the church and the army
- he has both streagth of the chruch and the army/ needed to be a sucessful ruler
- much different from the roman empire
- Constantinople grows into a major city
- Hagia Sophia Jesus - imagry of christ more modern eastern representation (in a mosque modernly)
- turks convert that church inot a mosque
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