Christians in the Later Roman World (Ecclesia et Imperium)
Christians endured periods of Roman persecution before Constantine and Licinius granted toleration in AD 313. Augustine wrote as the western empire weakened; the western imperial office ended in AD 476, while Roman law and the eastern empire continued.
Grades 7–8. Places and stories.
How it connects
The Church did not depend on Rome's political permanence. Christians preserved and transformed classical learning, while writers such as Augustine taught that no earthly city can replace the City of God.
Latin words that go with this card: Christianus, ecclesia, lex, urbs, aeternus.