ANTHRO 41A Lecture 1: Lecture Notes
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Before 313 a. d. , the roman empire mostly oppressed christianity o wanted them to worship the emperor, but the christians wouldn"t (they thought. In 313 a. d. , a new roman emperor took power named constantine o o o changed things drastically among the christians he converts to christianity thought god helped him defeat the other general (had a vision) 313 a. d. - edict of milan: issued by constantine; legalizes christianity in roman empire o. Emperor constantine also is known for building a 2nd roman imperial capital. City- constantinople (now istanbul) o there are now two capital cities (western- rome, eastern- constantinople) Roman empire now has two capitals: west- rome o o. East- constantinople there were two emperors after constantine (rulers were disinterested in the other capital city) In 476 a. d. , the roman empire was attacked by barbarians- rome falls to the invaders o. But constantinople continued on as a roman capital for many more centuries.
