Roman Empire during 400 C.E.-850 C.E. was one of change and growth. One of the more significant movements of the era is the Christian movement. As you can tell on the map in 300 C.E. Christianity was in its infancy. By 600 C.E. Christianity had taken over the empire. This being due to the fact that being a Christian was no longer considered a crime. Christianity was banned and Christians were punished for many years. Feeding Christians to the lions was once seen as entertainment in Ancient Rome. When Constantinople made Christianity the religion of Rome the people were able to worship freely without being afraid of the repercussions that it once brought. Rome’s population was made up largely of poverty stricken individuals, however even with very limited income the followers were faithful not only in …show more content…
On Christmas Day 800 C.E. Pope Leo III crowed Charles the Great Charlemagne. The Byzantines who themselves were a great country regarded his papal coronation as rebellious and Charlemagne as a usurper. His crowning divided Rome and Constantinople. Charlemagne was characterized as having phenomenal energy which helps to explain his great military achievements. He fought more than fifty campaigns and by around 805 C.E. the Frankish kingdom included all of continental Europe except Spain, Scandinavia, southern Italy, and the Slavic fringes of the East. Charlemagne divided his entire kingdom into countries, each approximately six hundred countries. These countries were governed by a count that had full military and judicial power and held his office for life. Ironically Charlemagne most enduring legacy was a scholarship set up for learning. Long after his death historians called his reign the “Carolingian Renaissance”. This time period was a time of interest in study of, and preservation of the language, ideas, and achievements of classical Greece and Rome (McKay, et