was Catholicism the worst thing that happened to Roman empire (and thus, to entire Europe i guess)? It literally caused its downfall.
How would Roman empire that survived look like if not for Christianity? Would it be more similar to China (ie: lifestyle depends on following teachings of philosophers instead of religion)?
Not this meme again
It might have taken control of more of the world. I think things would probably be better in general.
>christianity destroyed rome
Did it not?
Sardinia and Corsica shouldn't be labeled as roman provinces on that map. They wouldn't be able to reach them at this time
no, Goths and Muslims did
>Muslims.
No christianity = no islam either.
Arabs were too primitive to invent a religion without being inspired by christianity first.
No christianity = no byzantines.
If you don't consider the byzantines roman then you shouldn't care if Islam exists in this argument.
>Catholicism
It didnt exist at the time, brainlet
Why did you make thid stupid thread?
It was germanics that destroyed the empire, christianity didnt destroy ERE
>christianity didnt destroy ERE
what is fourth crusade
Constantine created Catholicism then it destroyed the empire. Of course there were other factors.
>christianity
>not revitalizing the Empire under Constantine
this is what Varg tier /pol/tards believe
No logic
Romans christianity got fucked by germanics, they brought their pagan customs
>Romans christianity got fucked by germanics, they brought their pagan customs
it's called the Protestant Heresy
and Spain's failure to erradicate that cancer is a shame to the West
Rome, like all states, was doomed to die at some point. If you listen to Hobbes then you believe that it was assassinated by immediate factors such as Christianity and barbarians. Problem is, that's only a small portion of it. In truth, Rome had died long prior to the deposition of Romulus Augustulus. It's impossible to tell which even solidified the eventual fall of Rome but Diocletion's reforms, civil war, military failures, and economic failures all were the most important factors to its fall. Rome's downhill descent began immediately after 117 AD, after Roman stopped expanding, it started dying. You can consider Christianity to be a reason for its fall but it's completely wrong to say that it's 100% at fault.
>Rome, like all states, was doomed to die at some point.
china proves you wrong
yes its no longer monarchy but a republic that masquerades as commie state but its still continuation of thousands year old nation
>constantine created catholicism
LOL
>Constantine created Catholicism
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>Constantine created Catholicism then it destroyed the empire
You dense motherfucker.
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>christianity ruined rome meme
care to explain why the east survived for as long as it did? it's because the east had a much more solid institutions, and was far richer. Even when most of the armies were in the west the combination of ambitious barbarian generals and absolutely abhorrently weak emperors (the worst in the entire history of rome) meant that the west had little chance against the barbarians.