INTERPRETING THE EUROPEAN PAST

    Is Eusebius a biased source for the life of Constantine? Why or why not? What do the laws found in the Twelve Tables tell us about what Rome was like in the fifth century BCE? What kind of society do they reflect? What qualities did Pliny believe characterized a loyal Roman subject? How did this understanding influence Pliny’s criticisms of Christians and his justification for punishing them? Based on the assigned Crash Course World History video assigned for this module, why did people become Christians in the first centuries CE? According to Eusebius, why did Constantine become a Christian? How are these reasons similar to or different from how and why people might become Christians today? What did Eusebius think made a good ruler? What did he think made a bad ruler?