How Did Religion Consolidate the Rule of Ancient Kingship: Take the Roman Empire as an Example

Yifan Chen; Yancheng Wang

doi:10.2991/assehr.k.220110.045

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How Did Religion Consolidate the Rule of Ancient Kingship: Take the Roman Empire as an Example

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Yifan Chen¹^{, †}, Yancheng Wang²^{, *}^{, †}

¹Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, Hangzhou, China

²School of Public Administration，Central South University, Changsha,China

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These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author. Email: 8101190109@csu.edu.cn

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Yancheng Wang

Available Online 28 January 2022.

DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.045 How to use a DOI?
Keywords: religion; kingship; rule; Imperium Romanum
Abstract: Roman Empire intrigues many people to explore it and raise its veil, so we do some pieces of research on this topic and surprisingly find that Christianity is closely related to this mysterious empire. Therefore, we decided to write about the role of religion in consolidation of ancient royal power and looked specifically into Roman Empire and Christianity, which is a typical example in relationship of religion and Empire. This essay is divided into several sections. First, in order to help readers understand the essay better, there is an introduction which provides readers a general background information of Roman Empire and Christianity. Then, we will look into the development of Christianity in Roman Empire and the ways that Christianity helped Roman Empire to rule or use its power, in other words, we closely examine how Christianity ultimately became the official religion in Roman Empire. Moreover, we discuss the role of religion in maintaining imperial power and provide examples from a variety of countries. The last but not the least, in the last part, we not only summarize our analysis into a conclusion, but also compare our essay with other essays with similar subject and suggest our advantages while providing the drawbacks of our essay. This research is meaningful, since it helps people to understand the role of religion in politics. With this essay, readers are able to learn how emperors use religions as a weapon and also reflect on themselves and current society, considering deeply on the pros and cons of religions in the development of both countries and empires.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 28 January 2022
ISBN: 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.045
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.045 How to use a DOI?
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