HSTCMP 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Diocletian, Christian Culture, Opportunism
5 Sep 2018
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Christians seen as bad because they wouldn"t pray to roman gods. Took the fall of greco-roman loses; blamed. Christians almost like their own subculture; numerous, growing, more intellectually formidable, appealing to almost everyone, and kept to themselves (their own everything) Separation from roman society people suspicious of christians. Four emperors (tetrarch) of greco-roman land diocletian (one of the four) orders largest mass persecution of christians but wasn"t all that successful. Christianity too strong to destroy but christians still not praying to roman gods. -constantine"s rise to power and fixes dilemma of christians. Constantine allows christians to pray to their god but harnesses their praying to pray for the roman gods. That worked because most civilians were okay with christians. Constantine makes a deal with christians and allegedly becomes one himself. The governor of one of four divisions of country/province. *312 wins the battle of the milvian bridge; allegedly sees a vision of.
