HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Migration Period, Diocletian, Ancient Greek Philosophy
23 Feb 2017
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Decline of pagan empire and rise of christian empire. Pax romana (27 bc 192 ad: property and expansion of the roman empire under succors of octavian, cesar. Wealth and slaves: decline in moral principals and loss of work ethic, entertainment and free food at the stadium replaced work and service for the state. Rise of the army commanders and interference of the army in roman politics: ge(cid:374)eral"s as (cid:374)e(cid:449) ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) e(cid:373)perors. Divisions of the empire: emperor diocletian (286 305 ad) 330 ad emperor constantine moved a capital to the east greek city byzantium (constantinople) Near easter(cid:374) (cid:862)mystery cults(cid:863) (cid:894)ecstatic rituals, beliefs in resurrection) Essenes: jesus christ (4 bc 29 ad) Apostles, saul of taurus (5-64 ad) st. paul: 70 ad destruction of jerusalem temple under emperor vespasian. Dispersion of jews and persecution of the christians: 313 ad constantine issued a decree of toleration for all religions of the empire.
