ARC 2208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Piazza Navona, Nicene Creed, Colosseum
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Post classical: early christian and byzantine lecture october 16, 2018. Also, has been called the early medieval period. Stadium of domitian rome 86 bc becomes the piazza navona. He (cid:272)reates a tetrar(cid:272)hy, (cid:449)here there are t(cid:449)o leaders, a e(cid:373)peror a(cid:374)d a (cid:862)vi(cid:272)e e(cid:373)peror(cid:863) Persecuted up until constantine the great comes into power. Was supposed to be the rightful heir to the throne. Has a vision/dream and he sees a sign that looks like a p and an x (the kerow symbol) An arch is built for him after the battle near the roman colosseum. A new policy takes role which states a person can no longer be persecuted because of their religion. Co(cid:374)sta(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e"s (cid:373)other (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e a (cid:373)ajor player i(cid:374) the (cid:271)uildi(cid:374)g of (cid:272)hur(cid:272)hes, spread of christia(cid:374)ity throughout the empire. Constantine calls a council (council of nivea) to get everyone to believe in the same thing. (cid:862)the ni(cid:272)e(cid:374)e (cid:272)reed(cid:863) is used as a(cid:374) i(cid:374)stru(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) christia(cid:374)ity.
