THE WEST
Encounters & Transformations
Third Edition
Chapter
7
Late Antiquity: The
Age of New
Boundaries, 250–600
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Late Antiquity: The Age of New
Boundaries, 250-600
I. Crisis and Recovery in the Third
Century
II. Toward a Christian Empire
III. New Christian Communities and
Identities
IV. The Breakup of the Roman Empire
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Crisis and Recovery in the
Third Century
A. The Breakdown of the Imperial
Government
1) Emperor Severus Alexander assassinated
235
2) Emperor Valerian captured in battle
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Crisis and Recovery in the
Third Century
B. The Restoration of the Imperial
Government
1) Emperor Diocletian, r. 284-305
a)
b)
c)
d)
Tetrarchy
100 provinces
Military power
Great Persecution
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Toward a Christian Empire
A. Constantine: The First Christian Emperor
280-337
1) Solidus
2) “City of Constantine”
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Toward a Christian Empire
B. The Spread of Christianity
1) The Rise of the Bishops
a) Metropolitan
b) Archbishop
c) Pope
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Toward a Christian Empire
B. The Spread of Christianity
2) Christianity and the City of Rome
a) “Saint Paul Outside the Walls”
b) St. Peter’s Basilica
-
anno domini
3) Old Gods Under Attack
-
Pagan
Emperor Justinian, r. 527-565
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New Christian Communities
and Identities
A. The Creation of the Communities
1) Christian Doctrine and Heresy
2) Doctrine of the Trinity
a) Arian -Athanasian dispute
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New Christian Communities
and Identities
A. The Creation of the Communities
3) Communities of Faith and Language
a) Chalcedonians
-
Vulgate
b) Latin Christendom
-
Monophysites
Arians
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New Christian Communities
and Identities
A. The Creation of the Communities
4) The Monastic Movement
a) Ascetism
-
Life of Antony
b) Benedict of Nursia, 480-547
-
Rule
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New Christian Communities
and Identities
A. The Creation of the Communities
5) Monasticism and Women
a) Melania the Younger, 383-439
6) Jews in a Christian World
a) Discrimination
-
Talmud
Women’s roles
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New Christian Communities
and Identities
A. Access to Holiness: Christian Pilgrimage
1) Palestine
2) Christian Intellectual Life
a) Augustine of Hippo, 354-430
b) Neoplatonism and Christianity
c) Plotinus, 205-270
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The Breakup of the Roman Empire
A. The Fall of Rome’s Western Provinces
B. Loss of Imperial Power in the West
1) Huns
2) Visigoths
3) Cultural Encounters After the End of Roman
Rule
a) Theodoric the Ostrogoth, r. 493-526
-
Ostrogoths
Romans
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The Breakup of the Roman Empire
C. The Survival of Rome’s Eastern
Provinces
1) Christianity and Law Under Justinian
a) Emperor Justinian, r. 527-565
-
“Beloved of Christ”
Corpus Juris Civilis
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The Breakup of the Roman Empire
C. The Survival of Rome’s Eastern
Provinces
2) Reconquering Provinces in the West
a) General Belisarius
-
Vandal kingdom – North Africa
b) Constantinople
c) Italy
3) The Struggle with Persia
a) Sasanian dynasty
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