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The first recorded incident of persecution by the Roman Government was Nero's action in 64. He announces an edict against the Christians.
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Model of Rome at its peak.
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Decrees the destruction of Christian places of worship as well as their sacred texts.
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Youtube BBC Constantine DocudramaConstantine bestows special privileges on the Christian Church.
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Author of The City of God
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Established a doctrine of Papal supremacy.
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He dies in 632.
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The Lombards threaten Rome. The Pope appeals to King Pepin of the Franks for assistance.
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Arrives in Spain at the head of a muslim army and defeats the Visigothic king. He seizes Toledo.
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Defeats the Muslims at Tours with a combined Frankish and Burgundian army.
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He isssues the Dictatus Papae in 1075
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Calls for the first Crusade against the muslims
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Born 1042 Died 1105
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Author of the Summa Theologica
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Mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt
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Example of public art under current pontificate: a new gate to Vatican City. Benedictus XVI Pont(ifex) Max(imus) Anno Domini MMV Pont(ificatus) I. Benedict XVI, Supreme Pontiff, in the year of Our Lord 2005, in the first year of his pontificate.
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Issued first edict to have provincial governors persecute Christians.
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"We desire that all peoples who fall beneath the sway of our imperial clemency should profess the faith which we believe has been communicated by the Apostle Peter to the Romans and maintained in its traditional form to the present day..."
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The Goths defeat the Roman legions and kill Emperor Valens.
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He becomes Emperor on Christmas Day 800. Founder of the Carolingian Empire
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Compare to Nero
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Resurrection of Christ
Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506)
Musee des Beaux Arts
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Adopted son of Julius Caeser. He defeats Antony and Cleopatra in 31 B.C. and thereby wins supreme command of the Roman Empire.
