THEA 234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Colobium Sindonis, Merovingian Dynasty, Toga
10 Feb 2017
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Exam will be: minoans, mycenaeans, greeks (3 stages), etruscans, roman empire, and. Groups we will cover later: byzantine, merovingians (franks), carolingians (franks), anglo-saxons, vikings, etc. Romans are overextended: 235ad - many rulers, 284ad - christian persecution heavy because of a ruler. This ruler appoints a general as a co-ruler, and eventually their sons take over too: one of those is constantius, and his son is constantine. Constantine becomes the emperor, taking the capital away from rome and moves the capital to byzantine: he converts to christianity and so the religion grows. Depended on hiring mercenaries, didn"t have their own army. Also didn"t make their own products, imported a lot of things. They become beatable. used to be hailed as un-beatable. Emperor justinian: a unifying force for the eastern roman empire, married to theodora, and she liked silk. At this time, china had a monopoly over it.
