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    Liudprand of Cremona’s Embassy Book 6 is an important work when it comes to understanding the Byzantine empire and the ceremonial procedure that occurred under Constantine VII when foreign visitors came to Constantinople. Book 6, which will be referred to as the account from here on in this essay, was written about Liudprand of Cremona’s experience of visiting Constantinople while he was the secretary for Berengar, the chancellor of Italy. Liudprand was a member of a prominent Italian family and

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    In the first three centuries of the early Christian church. The church was being martyred and treated badly by the Roman population. There were many reasons that the Romans persecuted Christians. Although many people thought the reason was because the Christians refused to worship the Roman gods or take part in the sacrifices. But, that was only part the reason that the Romans actually persecuted Christians. The Romans just hated the Christians in general because of their teachings of the Lord.

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    After Constantine embrace the Christian faith was developed what I call a symbiotic relationship between Jews and Roman because, Jews bring the Christian theology and the Roman afford their politic power and resources incorporating the faith to the Roman’s propagandistic machinery that was spread through the arts like paintings, sculptures and architectures. According to Dr. Allen Farber this interaction is clear due to “the transformation of Christianity that is dramatically evident in a comparison

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    According to some historians the last emperor in Western Rome when it fell was Christ? But I think it was Constantine, due to some signs found in the book. By looking at the many avenues of a society we can tell what life was like and come up with a report about civilizations. These avenues include art, literature and a few other things as well. In the western empire of Rome, it was not looking good for them as they were in the beginnings of an economic downward slope. With little money and agriculture

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    Introduction The whole issue of Christianity begins with the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. This large character leaves an infinite number of lessons to be entrusted to the Apostles for preach and teach the people. This whole process is going to have much success and also is going to have their lowest, as being the persecutions, who did not cease to Christians to practice their religion freely. During all these sufferings also appear characters with power, which defend Christians and at the end were

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    Roman Law Justice has been misperceived to go hand and hand with rules in which a society must conform to, mostly in due part to the enlightenment era. In the case with the Romans, the laws they established, especially early on, dealing with the spread of Christianity has been interpreted with a sense of disgust for the unfair treatment targeted towards Christians, and later on to those of other faiths. However, I argue that, Roman law, when concerning religion, was used to strengthen the identity

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    Byzantine art is the art of the Eastern Roman Empire. Constantine is the first Christian emperor of the Roman Empire. The art style in the Byzantine was mainly concerned with the religious expression. That religious expression specifically includes the translation of Church theology into artistic terms. Byzantine art began with decorating the walls and domes of the churches. In the Constantinople, the art was the icon which represents the holy images. This was developed in the monasteries

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    Roman Emperor Constantine achieved a victory at the Milvian Bridge. The night previous to this battle, Constantine dreamt of a cross inscribed in hoc signo vinces, in this sign you will conquer. As trivial as this dream may seem, it ultimately signified the beginning of the rise of Christianity. With his victory, Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and supported and encouraged it throughout the empire. In 313 CE, another milestone occurred as the emperors, both Constantine I of the West

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    The relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire is interconnected with each other in different ways. Heaps of commotion and perspectives were constructed, and it caused several disputes to form all over Europe. In addition to this, there was also a large amount of seclusion, death and persecution during the time. Events such as the Fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD, the rise of Christianity, and its expansion throughout the Europe were a result of the political conflict. Due to the actions

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    winning came first before anything. End of the Gladiators The Gladiator games of ancient Rome began their decline through the influence of Roman Emperor Constantine I. Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to freely allow Christianity. Christians were no longer persecuted for their beliefs and martyred when there were gladiator events. Constantine I made this law, which stated: "In times in which peace and peace relating to domestic affairs prevail, bloody demonstrations displease us. Therefore

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