ML100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Achurch, Stylite, Chi Rho
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The fall of the roman empire and the rise of christian europe. He knew by claiming this it meant god has appointed him to rule and the people would never go against god: the roman senate reduced to a city council. Reduced the senate so that he could have greater power and rule: the emperor was author of all laws. So that he could do anything and everything and never get in trouble: introduction of eastern trappings of the god-king. The diocletian political revolution: the tetrarchy, 293, division of empire into 4 prefectures. 2 in the east, two in the west: divided into dioceses, overseen by a vicar, each half ruled by an augustus and a caesar. At retirement or death of augustus, the caesar becomes next augustus. Rome under the tetrarchy: east is richer than the west, east- greek is spoken, west- latin is spoken, language division.
