HIST 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Diocletian, Curia Julia, Palestra
4 Jan 2020
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235-270 ad: proclamation of multiple emperors in a very short period of time. End of the tetrarchy: war between constantine i and maxentius. Constantine i was the sole ruler of the entire roman empire. Imperial capital from rome to byzantium (renamed constantinople) 439 ad: vandals tool north africa, visigoths captured hispania, ostrogoths invaded parts of italy and balkans. 476 ad: the last roman emperor in the west resigned; romulus. Was the first church built by an emperor (324 ad) Was covered with yellow marble (the golden basilica) Was a complex with a baptistery and palace: giovanni in laterano: Major transformations of the basilica during ancient time. Was a 16th century st. peter"s cathedral. Tomb of st. peter was below the altar. House of the god(s) [statue of the god] Standard form for the burial of an important or saintly person in christian times. Example of the art of this period. Started by maxentius and finished by constantine after 313 ad.
