The Gates of Janus Were Closed Three Times

augustus was not a huge fan of war himself. He kept finding elaborate excuses to just miss his own wars, leaving his buddy agrippa to handle things. In three 80 a d, christianity became the official state religion of rome under theodosius. Temples were abandoned, torn down and closed, their riches stripped,. Their priesthoods vacated and their secrets forgotten. The doors of the jeniculum were closed and probably padlocked shut for the last time - although not quite the last time. It's hard to mark the exact date of the fall of the roman empire. But i want to offer an the date five 36 a d justinian was about