Roman Empire Religion

What is an important event or issue in history that had an impact upon a religion? One important event in history that had an impact on the Christian religion was the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was one of history's largest civilizations, comprising of 12% of the world's population at the time. At its height, the empire contained around 100 million citizens. The empire included Britain, France, Spain, the Middle East, the North African Coast, and even stretched across to Turkey. The Roman Empire was first founded in 27 BC by Emperor Augustus. Be expanded the empire, and started a 200 year peace for the Roman empire. The Emperors were meant to rule as "first citizens" of a republic, rather than monarchs over their people. However, from the rule of Diocletian the Emperors did not hide their autocratic nature. Diocletian became Emperor during a period of difficulty for the Empire. Along with economic trouble, an emperor's reign tended to end in his murder, and the Empire was subject to many invasion attempts. Diocletian attempted to bring back prosperity by dividing the Empire into a tetrarchy with four rulers, governing over two separate areas. This did not last long beyond his reign. Under Diocletian was also the height of the persecution of Christians, who he
This left the Empire with essentially two centres of power. The Empire was split into sides - the East and the West. Emperor Theodosius, who made Christianity the official religion, was the last Emperor to rule over the whole of the Roman Empire. The Empire was completely split from this point, with two capitals and two emperors. The Western Roman Empire came to an end first, after the abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476 AD. The Eastern Roman Empire did not fall until 1000 years later, when the Turks invaded Constantinople in 1453