Romans
As someone who is very interested in history, I often wonder what would happen if history had happened differently and ask what the world would be like today? would it be a better or worse world?
I will now talk about the crucifixtion, which was carried out by the Romans and created the christian religion.
The Roman Empire shaped European civilisation from about 265BC to about the 5th Century AD and its fall resulted in a sudden downfall of man that picked up again in the Ressisance.
In 216 BC, during the second Punic war. Hannibal and his Carthage army defeated the massive Roman army at the hilltop town of Cannae and pretty much had Rome at his mercy. However he decided not to lay siege to the city as he knew that he had already won the war.
The Romans refused to surrender, maybe because they were too busy dreaming of greatness and finally won the war by invading Africa under the command of Scipio Africanus. Now if Hannibal had sacked Rome, Carthage may have been the leading European empire for hundreds of years instead of Rome.
So what would have this meant for the crucifixtion of Christ, if the Roman empire failed to take off, they would not have taken over the Near East, which would have meant they would not have been there to put Christ on trial and the Jewish would not have need someone to unite them against the Romans.
If history happened this way, would there still be a Christian faith today, would it be the same and how would history be different?
No Crusades
No murder in Canterbury Cathedral
No Reformation
No Holy Roman Empire to fight against the Turkish invasion of Europe
No Age of Enlightenment
I will not try to determine how the life of Jesus Christ would be different, as it could be seen as attempt to make the Bible corrupt and in need of re-writing. However if the Romans were not in Jerusalem, would Christ still have been put on trial and condemned.
I believe that there would still be a Christian faith today as there has always been God, but if Roman history had been different, it may have made the history of Christianity slightly different.
There can be no answer, as history has already happened. But it does show how civilisation can be shaped by the actions of a few people.
I will now talk about the crucifixtion, which was carried out by the Romans and created the christian religion.
The Roman Empire shaped European civilisation from about 265BC to about the 5th Century AD and its fall resulted in a sudden downfall of man that picked up again in the Ressisance.
In 216 BC, during the second Punic war. Hannibal and his Carthage army defeated the massive Roman army at the hilltop town of Cannae and pretty much had Rome at his mercy. However he decided not to lay siege to the city as he knew that he had already won the war.
The Romans refused to surrender, maybe because they were too busy dreaming of greatness and finally won the war by invading Africa under the command of Scipio Africanus. Now if Hannibal had sacked Rome, Carthage may have been the leading European empire for hundreds of years instead of Rome.
So what would have this meant for the crucifixtion of Christ, if the Roman empire failed to take off, they would not have taken over the Near East, which would have meant they would not have been there to put Christ on trial and the Jewish would not have need someone to unite them against the Romans.
If history happened this way, would there still be a Christian faith today, would it be the same and how would history be different?
No Crusades
No murder in Canterbury Cathedral
No Reformation
No Holy Roman Empire to fight against the Turkish invasion of Europe
No Age of Enlightenment
I will not try to determine how the life of Jesus Christ would be different, as it could be seen as attempt to make the Bible corrupt and in need of re-writing. However if the Romans were not in Jerusalem, would Christ still have been put on trial and condemned.
I believe that there would still be a Christian faith today as there has always been God, but if Roman history had been different, it may have made the history of Christianity slightly different.
There can be no answer, as history has already happened. But it does show how civilisation can be shaped by the actions of a few people.
posted by David at 10:19 pm
7 Comments:
Interesting
Interesting, in which way?
David
just because its interesting like what would have happened if History hadn't happened in the way it did.
Just also brings me to thinking about Historical Perspectives which is a module im studying at the moment, thinking about positivist and relativist thinkers and like did history happen the way it did - how do we know, are there factual truths etc etc.
Just got me thinking lol!
Yeah historical factual truths are a bit tricky.
A lot of historical sources may be biased and may have been written by someone who heard about the event from someone else, who heard it from someone else...
So how much can we believe of history?
This is where we praise God for being in control of all things!
Christ was born to die and born to die by the Cross (on a tree) which was prophesised in the Old Testament. The death of Christ is pretty exact in the OT, therefore it couldnt of been done any other way.
Without the crucifixtion - Christianity would not be the same today - we would have no basis of our faith, for if Christ was not crucified and raised to life - then we are all fools!!!
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Hear! Hear!
History has all been part of God's plan and the crucifixtion and re-birth was always going to happen as you have said it was talked about in the Old Testament, I need to read that passage again to see if it mentions the Romans, if the Romans did not do the trial, then I wonder if another race may have done it, like Carthage or the Parsian's.
But it was always going to happen as it was part of God's plan to give birth to Christianity that has shaped European civilisation since then, I was talking more historically then about religion.
(I am glad that they did not have blogs in the middle ages, as I would have been very close to excommunication by now, heehee)
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