The Basics of Bible - Herald of Hope
The Basics of Bible - Herald of Hope
The Basics of Bible - Herald of Hope
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<strong>The</strong> Germanic tribes<br />
were driven west<br />
and south by Asiatic<br />
peoples known as<br />
Huns and Avars.<br />
<strong>The</strong>reafter the<br />
western Roman<br />
Empire was<br />
dominated by the<br />
papacy (AD600)<br />
and German<br />
influence in the<br />
Holy Roman<br />
Empire(AD800-<br />
1806)<br />
55<br />
ROME - <strong>The</strong> Roman Republic<br />
conquered the world, and in<br />
31BC Caesar Augustus began<br />
the Imperial period <strong>of</strong><br />
government. In 63BC<br />
Pompey captured Palestine.<br />
Imperial Rome in the west fell<br />
before the Germanic tribes in<br />
AD476. <strong>The</strong> Byzantine<br />
eastern Roman Empire<br />
continued till 1453 when<br />
Constantinople was overrun<br />
by the Ottoman Turks<br />
On Christmas Day AD800 Pope<br />
Leo III crowned Charlemagne<br />
Emperor <strong>of</strong> the Holy Roman<br />
Empire. As the king <strong>of</strong> the Franks<br />
(Germans) he conquered the<br />
Lombards, Avars, and Saxons,<br />
Christianizing them and giving<br />
parts <strong>of</strong> Italy back to the pope.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were 66 emperors <strong>of</strong> the Holy<br />
Roman Empire, 31 <strong>of</strong> whom were<br />
appointed by popes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Inquisitions (1232 to 19th c.)<br />
and Crusades (1096to1271) were<br />
only possible because <strong>of</strong> the union<br />
<strong>of</strong> the church and the state.