DIOCLETIAN
- HE RULES FROM 284 - 303
- ITS COOL TO PERSECUTE CHRISTIANS
- ROME NEEDS A BIG ARMY (400,000 STRONG)
- ROME NEEDS A BIG GOVERNMENT (20,000 OFFICALS)
CONSTANTINE
- RULES FROM 306 - 337
- ITS COOL TO BE A CHRISTIAN
- CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANTY VIA A CROSS IN THE SKY (CONQUER BY THIS)
- 313 - HIS EDICT OF MILAN PROCLAIMS FREEDOM OF WORSHIP
- BUILT A NEW CAPTIAL IN THE EAST
- BYZANTIUM, SOON TO BE KNOWN AS CONSTANTINOPLE
THE STRUGGLE OF THE PEASANTS
LIFE IN THE FOURTH CENTURY
- COUNTRY DWELLERS ARE GETTING BANKRUPED BY ENDLESS TAX COLLECTION
- NEW FARMING SYSTEM: PEASANTS WORK FOR ELITE LANDLORDS ON LARGE FARMS
- PEASANTS CAN AVOID PAYING TAXES, BUT THEY ARE GETTING HIT JUST AS HARD BY THE LANDLORDS
THE WESTERN EMPIRE CRUMBLES
- ROMES POWER IS DECREASING, WHILE NOMADIC BARBARINS GAIN POWER
- WESTERN EMPIRE IS TOO POOR, BEGINS TO BE NEGLECTED
- HUNS MIGRATE FROM CHINA TO EASTERN EUROPE
END OF AN ERA
- 500 BC - THE MONARCHY IS ABOLISHED
- 450 BC - THE TWELVE TABLES ARE ESTABLISHED
- 44 BC - END OF THE LINE FOR JULIUS CAESAR
- 27 BC - 180 AD - THE ROMAN PEACE (PAX ROMANA)
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