Late Antiquity-....

The Roman Empire started to crumble when the emperors could not handle anything until, Carinus. Carinus set up the tetrachry, greek for rule of four. He took the Roman empire and split it in half and had two guys control the eastern part and two the western. War broke out between two tetrarchs, Maxentius and Constantine. Battle of the milvian bridge, October 28 312. Constantine wins this battle. That morning Constantine looked to the sky and had a vision of the chi ro and had his soldiers paint this on their shields, because they one Christianity became legal in Rome. Constantine becomes the sole ruler and Christianity becomes the religion. Constantine also decides to move the capitol from the city of Rome to Constantinople. When the Roman Empire started to disintergrate the Byzantine Empire started to arise.

Late antiquity the time of transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Europe and the Mediterranean World. Two Views, Gibbons says Roman Empire came to an end and the other view is that Rome formed into Europe today.

Early Christianity the art was first symbolic because it was illegal until Constantine was in charge.

Byzantine, started in Ravenna and Justinian was in charge. He had the church and the military on his side making him very strong. This is a big difference than the Romans because they did not use the church as a political tool. In the middle ages if you wanted to be a strong leader you need the support of the church and the military because without either you fail.

Constantinople ended up being ruled by Byzantine emperors. During the Byzantine Empire the art of Jesus started to look more like it does today.