Essay On The Roman Empire

The Roman Empire is known as one of the most influential and imperial empires that has ever existed. The Roman Empire had its many ups and downs, wars and peace, growth and falling, and their history even included a rise of Christianity. Before the fall of the Roman Empire there was a large period of success. This period was known as the Golden age. During this time Rome had money that they believed would continue to grow. From this they thought they could put that money to good use. They spent much money and brought themselves into bankruptcy. This brought a fall in the nation and in the end to the Roman Empire.

In the Roman Empire the main believe was based on the people's faith that they put into their leaders. The leaders who had
Christianity had the infrastructure that the common people wanted to have to have stability in their belief, it had the sense of family that the many freed slaves longed for, and the poor wanted the “salvation” and the lack of necessity for earthly possessions that Christianity stood for. With the decline of the empire, barbarians had a better chance of winning a battle against the Roman Empire. This caused many battles, brought plagues and diseases in from different lands, and saturated civil wars inside the empire. With thousands dying from all of these new threats, the people’s want for a religion that believed in life after death grew very prominent in the empire. In the wars the west side was lost which mostly consisted of the people who focused on religion. With the loss of most of the leaders in religion, it left a wide open space for new religions run by new people. Christianity offered a different view on the issues of life as just trials from God, which gave the people relief from the many struggles that life in a declining Roman Empire brought. Christianity would not and did not grow during the golden age of the Roman Empire because there was no doubt in the beliefs that were