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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.

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