1. Constantine’s Empire

2. Arch of Constantine 315 CE

3. A. Economic Decline 1. Success – slavery 2. End of conquests 3. Shortage of gold/silver B. Military vulnerability C. Political upheaval 1. Problem of imperial succession II. The Terrible Third Century

4. A. New Sort of Empire 1. Tetrarchy II. Military and Society under Diocletian and Constantine

5. B. Military Reforms 1. Larger 2. Mobile 3. Multiple capitals C. Administrative Reforms 1. Smaller provinces 2. Division of civil and military command 3. Regularized tax system II. Military and Society under Diocletian and Constantine

6. D. Economic Reforms 1. Binding laborers to the land or crafts 2. Continued costs of great cities 3. Importance of East greater than West II. Military and Society under Diocletian and Constantine

7. Baths of Diocletian c. 300 CE Baths of Caracalla c. 215 CE

8. III. Constantine and the Church A. Christianity becomes a world religion B. Christian differences Pantheon (Rome c. 125 CE)

9. III. Constantine and the Church A. Christianity becomes a world religion B. Christian differences 1. Religion of a book 2. A religious community 3. A life apart from majority 4. Triumph over death C. Constantine favors Christians 1. Grants rights, property Sarcophagus, 4 th century

11. Basilica Ulpia Rome 113 CE Church of Santa Maria Maggiore Rome, 432 CE

12. III. Constantine and the Church A. Christianity becomes a world religion B. Christian differences 1. Religion of a book 2. A religious community 3. A life apart from majority 4. Triumph over death C. Constantine favors Christians 1. Grants rights, property Sarcophagus, 4 th century 2. Imperial authority in church 3. Dilemma for Christians Of this world or not?

13. IV. The Meaning of Constantinople A. Symbol of the New Christian Empire founded by Constantine