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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 4979203" data-attributes="member: 54364">There was a lot going on in the the soon-to-be Byzantine Empire at this time. Seriously, I'd hit the library. Check up on Byzantium. But basically the Eastern Empire was under-going many of the same traumas as the West. Goths. Vandals. Huns. Unstable government and palace coups. They also had Sassanid Persia on their eastern border, as EvilHalfling mentioned. Christianity had become the official religion of the Empire by this stage, but the non-Christian religions were still popular. Christianity itself was split by frequent arguments over what was the One and Only interpretation of various Christian traditions. The proliferation of gvoernment posts/stipends for Bishoprics amy have had something to do with the increased hostility between rival traditions. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/angel.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angel:" title="Angel    :angel:" data-shortname=":angel:" /> IIRC the Blues and Greens chariot teams Evilhalfling mentions became synonymous with two rival Christian philosophies. But don't ask me which two. While on Chariot Racing originally there were 4 teams. I believe the other colours were Red and White but they dropped by the wayside. (Although possibly Man U may be them reincarnated and looking for world domination.) BTW: the Eastern Empire stretched as far west as the middle of modern Yugolsavia (not sure exactly where the border was.) Greece, Bulgaria and Rumania were all part of it. The Levantine Provinces (ie: the Holy Land as later Christians called it) were under threat from Persian invasion but to my knowledge Egypt itself didn't face any notable threats until the rise of Islam in the mid-600's. Hope this helps. There's a bog load of things to look at, just in the political sphere let alone religious and cultural, and this is all I can come up with off the top of my head. cheers.</blockquote>

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