Roman Civilization
Consider the following questions:
1. What were the most important changes in the structure and organization of the Roman Empire from the reign of Augustus to that of Justinian?
2. What were the most important aspects of the growth of the Catholic Church as an institution in the Roman world?
3. How did Golden Age and Silver Age writers differ? What did the writers of each period owe to the Hellenistic world? In what ways were these writers distinctly Roman?
4. What did the church fathers have in common with each other? What did they have in common with the secular writers who preceded them?
5. What did the Christian visual arts owe to pagan art? In what ways did Christian and pagan art differ?