This is episode 9 called Hispania: Dominate and Expansion of Christianity and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- What aspects did the Crisis of the Third Century change in Hispania and the Roman Empire
- About the firsts Germanic raids in Hispania, as well as the brief alliegance of Hispania to the breakaway Gallic Empire
- A discussion on the three ecclesiastical theories (preaching of Saint James the Greater, preaching of the Seven Apostolic Men and arrival of Paul the Apostle) that try to explain how Christianity expanded into Hispania
- How did Christianity arrive from North Africa and which were the first Christian persecutions in Hispania
- What reforms did Diocletian enact to end the Crisis of the Third Century and what was the bagaudae phenomenon
- A very brief talk about the civil wars that plagued most of the 4th century, Constantine's Edict of Milan and how was the ecclesiastical hierarchy substituting Roman institutions on a local level
- What Priscillianism was
- A discussion on the reign of Theodosius, the last Hispano-Roman emperor and last emperor of a unified Roman Empire
- Roman legacy in Spain and in the world. A travel guide for those interested in visiting Roman sites in Spain