CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Speaking Greek
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Changing the religion to Christianity
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No longer offering “bread and circuses” to the poor
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Changing plays from comedies to satire
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 313 C.E., Roman emperor Constantine the Great ended all persecution and declared toleration for Christianity. Later that century, Christianity became the official state religion of the Empire. This drastic change in policy spread this relatively new religion to every corner of the Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emperor Constantine (ca A.D. 280– 337) reigned over a major transition in the Roman Empire-and much more. His acceptance of Christianity and his establishment of an eastern capital city, which would later bear his name, mark his rule as a significant pivot point between ancient history and the Middle Ages.
Detailed explanation-3: -These tensions survived the settlement of the Arian dispute in 381, when the Council of Constantinople (381) proclaimed Catholic Christianity the official religion of the empire, thus eliminating Arianism in the East, but also asserted Constantinople, as the new Rome, to be the second see of Christendom.
Detailed explanation-4: -In A.D. 330, the city was dedicated as an imperial city. Imperial churches emerged that became the model for constructing churches in provincial cities. The Roman Senate in Constantinople was encouraged to be Christian and the court was Christian in tone. It gave its authority, its seal, behind the new faith.