Post #99 5-9-18
Today in class we took more notes.
Rise of Christianity
Rise of Christianity
- Jesus spends 3 years preaching, is killed by Roman leaders
- Jesus' followers believed he is the Messiah and savior who has risen from the dead
- Saul (the persecutor) becomes Paul (the evangelist) spreading Jesus' message.
- AD 313 Constantine has a battlefield
- The Roman Empire and Christianity are now linked in power and influence
- Food supply is dropping
- AD 324- Constantine becomes emperor over both halves of the empire
- Moves the capital from Rome to Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) where Asia met Europe (now turkey)
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