Assignment Problem: Why do you think Christianity became more and more popular in the Roman Empire when compared to the old Pagan Religions? Did Rome really "Fall"?
Write about two or three sentences in response to the following two discussion question. Then respond to at least one other student (right away or wait a day if you have time) with about two or three sentences (you only have to respond to their response to one of these questions)
1.) Why do you think Christianity (originally a kind of sect within Judaism) became more and more popular in the Roman Empire when compared to the traditional Pagan Religion of Many Gods?
2.) Why do we say that Rome "fell" in the 400's CE (AD) and why do many historians say that Rome did not really "fall"?