HIST 214 Lecture 4: HIST 214 Lecture 4
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Conquered the mediterranean through organization and engineering. Living under roman rule (pax romana, no robbing) Nominal control of judea 63 bc (jew had exception to worship god rule) Jesus of nazareth (~1 ad to 33 ad) Resurrection (life after death, but greek and romans go to hell) Battle of milvian bridge (312 ad, bridge still there) In hoc signo vinces : with the sign chi-rho xp, conquer- paul heard this, leading troops to crushing battle. Areas not ruled by roman come under rule of persian sasanian.
