The Continuous Civil Unrest Of The Empire Between 509 Bce...

Rome at the beginning was just a small city built on hills, but soon enlarged to one of the largest empires around the world. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean, it was a prime spot for trade and was influenced by surrounding areas such as Greece. In ancient Rome, the city became a Republic and prospered as an Empire expanding to 3.5 million square miles at its height. As ancient Rome continued to grow from the Republic to the Empire between 509 BCE and 476 CE, culturally the acceptance of a new monotheistic religion, Christianity emerged, changing from the previous polytheistic religions and the army changed from a citizen soldier to a standing army. The continuous civil unrest of the poor due to the troubled economy remained throughout Rome’s period. With Rome’s acceptance of the many polytheistic religions around the region, the emergence of a new monotheistic religion created conflicts with the Roman government. Many of the religions practiced in the Roman Republic were polytheistic, but they were accepted by the government as long as the religion worshipped many gods, such as the main worship of the Roman Gods. During the Roman Empire, Christianity was introduced. It was appealing because the new and different religion promised an immediate life after death unlike some religions such as Hinduism in India, where the final goal, Moksha, did not occur right after death. This made it appealing to convert along with the promised personal relationship with God and