Essays on Eastern Empire

(Book Review)

Synopsis

Egypt after the Pharaohs revolves around the period through which Egypt witnessed the coming of the Greeks as well as the Hellenistic culture. It also covers the empire of the Ptolemy -from Ptolemy I to the rule of Cleopatra. The book also explains Egypt’s conquest by Rome, along with scientific and cultural achievements of Alexandria. It also covers the rise of Christianity I Egypt. Moreover, it explains the rich cultural, social, and intellectual formation within the period that comes light through the narrative by Alan Bowman.

Themes

There are four major themes displayed from this book. Firstly, ...

Religious Studies

The Roman Catholic Church gained power and authority in the 6th century with a watchful management that lasted all through the 9th century . However, the invasion of the Barbarian has tore apart the Roman Empire, and also split through entire Europe. These circumstances have boosted the church to attain its greater attitude. Moreover, the whole Western Europe as well as preservation of values of Western Civilization is obliged to its existence to the rise of the Church. However, if it were not meant for the alliance of the churches with the royalty of the barbarian that pave the way to ...

INTRODUCTION

The decline of the Roman Empire was as a consequence of Christianity’s influence in burrowing morals of the society coupled with thirst for power, the disunions between the eastern and western empires and also outside pressure. Internal weaknesses and external attacks contributed to the fall and destruction of the Roman Empire. The fall of the Roman imperial power was allegedly caused by moral decadence of the society, attributed to paganism, increased immorality in the society, the rise of Christianity, environment challenges and changes, increasing infertility and depopulation (Gibbon 1984).

WESTERN AND EASTERN EMPIRES

The fact that there was one emperor in Rome, it ...

Introduction

After assumptions of the trappings of the eastern despotism i.e. during dominate, the office of the emperor of Rome faced several turbulent occasions. The barbarian kings started manipulating the western kings about the succession of the emperor while in the Byzantine emperor found it very hard with the autocratic trappings that were taking place in the East and which had consolidated support. The post republican period that existed after the civilization was dominated by the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was characterized by vast territorial holdings both in Europe and the Mediterranean with an autocratic form of governance. ...