The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 5: The Empire and Christianity

THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT

The Successors of Augustus
The Five Good Emperors
Roman Imperial Civilization

THE PERIOD OF CRISIS (192–284)

The Crisis of Leadership
Weaknesses in Roman Slavery
The Plight of the Poor

THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE

Restoration under Diocletian
Constantine and the Bureaucracy
The Decline of the Western Empire

CHRISTIANITY AND ITS EARLY RIVALS

The Mystery Religions
The Jews in the Roman Empire
Origins of Christianity
Battles within Christianity
The Fathers of the Church