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COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
combs, or burial-places of the early Christians, were now
able to hold their services openly and freely.
The Council of Nice, a.d. 325, is called by Constantine,
and was the first of several Councils of the Church, for the
settlement of disputes about heresies.
A temporary reaction takes place in a.d. 360-363, under
Julian, known as the “Apostate.”
v. Social and Political.—On changing the capital of
the empire from Rome to Byzantium in a.d. 324 Constantine
practically reigns as an absolute monarch, the old Roman
political system coming to an end.
The series of emperors in the West came to an end in a.d.
476, and the empire was nominally reunited, Zeno reigning
at Constantinople over tfie Western and Eastern Empires.
Theodoric the Goth reigns in Italy a.d. 493-526, and this
was a period of peace and prosperity.
From the Roman or common speech several of the chief
languages of modern Europe commenced to arise, and in
consequence are called Romance languages.
vi. Historical.—The Early Christian period is gener-
ally taken as lasting from Constantine to Gregory the
Great, or from a.d. 300 to 600. The period of the Teutonic
invasions of Italy commenced about a.d. 376, and Teutonic
settlements took place within the empire about this time,
these movements being caused by the incursions of the
Huns into Germany.
The West Goths sacked Rome under Alaricin a.d. 410. The
rise of a Gothic kingdom took place in Spain and Southern
Gaul. The defeat of Attila, king of the Huns, at the battle of
Chalons, a.d. 451, aids in consolidatingChristianity in Europe.
Note.—One style evolves from any other so gradually,
that it is impossible to say exactly where the one ended and
the next began. This gradual growth characterizes progress
in other departments as well as Architecture. Each age
feels its way towards the expression of its own ideals,
modifying the art of the past to meet the fresh conditions
under which it lives. The reign of Gregory the Great
(a.d. 590 to a.d. 603) is that in which the Latin language
and Roman architecture in its latest forms ceased to exist
in this distinctive type of Early Christian architecture.
COMPARATIVE ARCHITECTURE.
combs, or burial-places of the early Christians, were now
able to hold their services openly and freely.
The Council of Nice, a.d. 325, is called by Constantine,
and was the first of several Councils of the Church, for the
settlement of disputes about heresies.
A temporary reaction takes place in a.d. 360-363, under
Julian, known as the “Apostate.”
v. Social and Political.—On changing the capital of
the empire from Rome to Byzantium in a.d. 324 Constantine
practically reigns as an absolute monarch, the old Roman
political system coming to an end.
The series of emperors in the West came to an end in a.d.
476, and the empire was nominally reunited, Zeno reigning
at Constantinople over tfie Western and Eastern Empires.
Theodoric the Goth reigns in Italy a.d. 493-526, and this
was a period of peace and prosperity.
From the Roman or common speech several of the chief
languages of modern Europe commenced to arise, and in
consequence are called Romance languages.
vi. Historical.—The Early Christian period is gener-
ally taken as lasting from Constantine to Gregory the
Great, or from a.d. 300 to 600. The period of the Teutonic
invasions of Italy commenced about a.d. 376, and Teutonic
settlements took place within the empire about this time,
these movements being caused by the incursions of the
Huns into Germany.
The West Goths sacked Rome under Alaricin a.d. 410. The
rise of a Gothic kingdom took place in Spain and Southern
Gaul. The defeat of Attila, king of the Huns, at the battle of
Chalons, a.d. 451, aids in consolidatingChristianity in Europe.
Note.—One style evolves from any other so gradually,
that it is impossible to say exactly where the one ended and
the next began. This gradual growth characterizes progress
in other departments as well as Architecture. Each age
feels its way towards the expression of its own ideals,
modifying the art of the past to meet the fresh conditions
under which it lives. The reign of Gregory the Great
(a.d. 590 to a.d. 603) is that in which the Latin language
and Roman architecture in its latest forms ceased to exist
in this distinctive type of Early Christian architecture.