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Jeremy Swist on the Emperor Julian, Part I: the Political Background and Political Project of the Emperor

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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Constantine and the Etruscan Empire

After Diocletian retired to Solona, the tetrarchs basically fell into civil warfare again. Constantine had a different idea of this sort of divine patron ship then. He adopted Christianity because he thought it would grant him victory. Some scholars think that he identified his soul and Victus with the Christian god moving forward.

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