Chapter 534 The War Between Monotheistic and Polytheistic

Although Richard knew very little from these defeated soldiers, combined with the history he had learned before, Richard calculated that he was roughly in the period when the Western Roman Empire was about to perish.

After its heyday, the Roman Empire began to decline, with the corruption of the nobles, the chaos of religion, the corruption of officials, the exhaustion of finances, the invasion of barbarians, and the invasion of the Huns.

So many problems caused the Roman Empire to be unable to resist the German barbarians, and eventually led to the demise of the Western Roman Empire.

There were many problems with the Western Roman Empire, the most serious of which was the financial problem.

The Western Roman Empire's tax targets were citizens, liberals and merchants. On the surface, there seems to be no problem, but in fact, the Roman Empire did not collect taxes from the nobles, and implemented a tax-packing system.

Sell ​​the tax rights in various places to those tax-bearing people, and then the tax-bearing people collect taxes and then hand them over to the state. There are too many things that can be operated.

At the same time, there were problems with the inheritance system of property in Rome. Roman citizens needed to join the army, and once they died in battle, their wealth and property would basically be inherited by their wives.

This led to the remarriage of many Roman citizens with their wives after they died in battle, which led to the unwillingness of many Roman citizens to join the army.

At the same time, due to heavy taxes and a large number of head taxes, many people in Rome are unwilling to have more children.

So the Romans began to use slave army in large quantities and recruit barbarians to join the army. These barbarians gradually gained high positions in the long-term war. But the old nobles did not look down on these barbarians very much.

The conflict between the old and new nobles is becoming increasingly fierce.

However, with more and more naturalized barbarians and stronger strength, a large number of barbarian generals appeared in the empire. Of course, these barbarian generals were also hostile to the German barbarians of their previous tribes.

These naturalized barbarians have regarded themselves as Romans, so on the eve of the demise of the Roman Empire, it was actually a war between the naturalized barbarians of the German barbarians and the northern barbarians.

It can be said that the orthodox empire is in the barbarians.

The barbarian invasion became more and more serious, but religious and financial problems within the empire became more serious.

Originally, the Roman Empire believed in polytheism. After Rome conquered various regions, in order to better rule here, it began to absorb the gods from all over the country and integrate them into the Roman god system.

The Greek God system is a typical example.

Through this operation, the Roman Empire quickly conquered a large amount of land and established pantheons everywhere.

However, the contradiction between nations and religions is not so easy to resolve.

Religious rebellions and disputes everywhere, as well as the struggle between emperors and nobles, made the entire Rome turbulent.

In this case, in order for the Roman emperor to solve the problem, he thought of unifying religious beliefs. So the improved Monotheistic Church came into the sight of the Roman emperor.

Of course, Richard felt that there must be a god in secret that was pushed by this. Compared with other religions, monotheism has a lower threshold, simpler doctrine and more universal.

This made the Monotheistic Church develop very quickly, especially in 313 AD, when the Milan Decree was promulgated, directly making the Monotheistic Church, which could only be preached in secludedly, a legal religion.

Emperor Constantine personally stood up for the Monotheistic Church, becoming the first Roman emperor to believe in the Monotheistic Church, and also led a large number of nobles to believe in the Monotheistic Church.

This allowed the Monarchy to develop rapidly in the Roman Empire.

And in the later period of Theodosio I, the Monarchy was officially declared as the state religion. It was also the emperor who announced that the Olympic Games would be banned, the Pantheon gates would be closed, and the holy fire would be extinguished.

The polytheistic faith in Rome officially ended, and the monotheistic faith began to prevail.

It is obvious that this battle between the Unitarianism and the Polytheist Church has won, and the Polytheist Church is just surviving.

Of course, the Polytheism had thought of resisting. Emperor Yulian, who was called the apologist by the Polytheism, was their counterattack. After ascending the throne, the Roman emperor declared freedom of faith and Roman citizens had the right to choose their favorite religious beliefs.

He declared that all sects have equal status and vigorously supported polytheism and traditional Roman beliefs in an attempt to change the status of monotheism.

The emperor implemented a new policy, reduced the luxury expenses of the palace, expelled eunuchs and a large number of guards, pursued frugality, and vigorously promoted talents from the civilians. And improve the tax system to improve national finances, and vigorously crack down on officials' corruption, etc.

And he was good at fighting, defeating the barbarians many times, and maintaining the stability of the empire.

It seems that if this emperor persists, he will likely lead the Roman Empire to glory again, but what is strange is that this emperor who can fight and is good at fighting is seriously injured by a javelin on the battlefield.

On the surface, this javelin was thrown by the enemy, but how far can the javelins be thrown in front of the two armies? The emperor cannot stand at the forefront.

Another theory is that the emperor was attacked by soldiers who believed in the Monotheistic Church.

Of course, this statement was severely blocked by those people. The abductor, Yulian, had no descendants, so the emperor's position fell into the hands of others. Without Yulian's support, religious freedom was soon abolished.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

The Monotheistic Church once again gained the upper hand, so in order to completely solve the polytheistic religion, the Monotheistic Church began to suppress the polytheistic religion in all aspects.

So the Monotheistic Church started heresy judgment and judged and persecuted all pagans.

Now is in the period when the Monotheistic Church becomes the state religion, the polytheistic Church is abolished, and the barbarians invade. The Roman Empire was also in a storm.

If history follows, the Polytheism will soon be swept into the garbage dump, and the Unitism will complete the unification of the European continent.

The God-type war Universal Cult won the victory.

At the same time, a large number of barbarian generals appeared in the Roman Empire. This corrupt empire is slowly approaching destruction. The few armies in the empire that can be fought are actually barbarians.

Just as the Roman nobles were scrambling to suck blood on this corrupt empire, the naturalized barbarians were trying to save the empire.

I have to say, this is really an irony. These naturalized barbarians are more orthodox than orthodox Roman citizens.

Richard was not interested in who won the victory in the end. What he was interested in was the divinity of the fallen god.

You should know that there are many gods in the polytheistic religion. Even if most of them are weak gods or demigods, their divinity is not a small amount.

He casually sent the defeated soldier to accompany his comrades. Richard whistled and several war horses immediately walked towards him.

Just as he was about to turn over and leave, a magic wave suddenly came from the forest not far away.

ps: Today I have no time to write, only one chapter.