1. Constantine

2. What did Constantine do to show that he accepted Christianity?
Constantine allowed freedom of worship across the empire.
No more persecution of Christians
Free to practice openly (freedom of worship)
Could organize churches
Property was returned
Constantine defeated Licinius, who was still persecuting Christians
Gave credit for his victory to the Christian church, and established the church in his empire.
Solved religious crisis when church was splitting in half
Planned and paid for churches, such as St. Peters in Rome and church in Jerusalem

3. St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
(part of the Vatican City,
home of the leader of the Catholic Churche, the Pope)

4. Why did Constantine take steps to strengthen the Christian church?
Constantine believed the Christian God was working with him.

5. What events led to the fall of Rome?
Invasions by Germanic tribes overwhelmed the empire.
Rome could not stop invasions
Rome, the capital, was captured.

6. Why was the Roman Army unable to resist the invading armies?
By the time the invading armies began invading the empire, the Roman army was very weak.

7. After Diocletian split the Roman empire into 2 parts, Constantine…
… won control of the Western part of the empire
… defeated Licinius to take control of the East
… reunited the eastern and western parts of the empire
… moved the capital of the empire from Rome to the city of Byzantium
He called the city
“New Rome”
It was later renamed
“Constantinople”