Jesus spends three years preaching then is killed by Roman leaders.
Saul the persecutor becomes Paul spreading Jesus' message.
Christianity evolves from cult status to established official structure.
Christians are monotheistic (one god)
this conflicted with Roman beliefs
persecution was common
Constantine has a battlefield conversion.
He issues the Edict of Milan.
During the roman peace era, Pax Romana the christian religion began to spread rapidly.
It was an empire wide religion.
The empire was helping people outside of italy and gave Barbarians wealth, citizenship, and many other luxurys
As a result of this Barbarian armies became militarily stronger and so Rome had to build up their army. Eventually the cost and weight of the army caused Rome to collapse with the Barbarian attacks and the Empire broke up.
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