On late Roman Empire, christanity was one of the many religions and

became one of the most popular and well organized religions. Rome’s reaction

toward the christanity was variable, sometimes it was persecuted and restrained,

other times the Faith was tolerated. One of the many reasons of persecutions

was because Christans refused to follow and worship the gods and goddesses

of the state religion, including the emperor himself. That made some people a

threat to the political stability of the empire.

emperor Costantine issued an edict of tolerance for all religions. This veredict

turned all religions to be practiced openly, but above it Costantine himself

padronized Christanity for he attributed his success in a key battle to …show more content…
These places were called Basilicas.

long or short sides. To allow the light comes in, the nave (open center space)

extended up higher than the surrounding aisles. The upward extension was

called the clerestory, which was pierced with windows called clerestory

By the year of 313 Christanity’s situation changed, when the Roman

Since old times, most Roman, Egyptian, Mesopotamian and even

A basílica is basically a long rectangular hall with entrances on the

In 324 Costantine again made a decision with wide consequences. The

emperor asked his engineers and architects to transform the ancient city of

Byzantio (in latin called Byzantium) into a new capital called Constantinople

(Istanbul, Turkey) and moved his administration there six years later and wrote

another step in his polemic life.

The actual territory ruled from Constantinople varied a lot since it’s

original form. At first, it was the entire Roman Empire, by the time it was

conquered by the Islamic forces in 1453 it was a much-reduced area. But no

matter the size of its territory and domains, the title that Byzantine rules

inherited was the “Emperor of all