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134- And Then There Were Two

The History of Rome

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The Battle of Zuralum

Both generals allegedly made this pretty explicit maximinus vowed to jupiter that if he won the battle, tha he would wipe christianity off the face of the earth for good. lycinius distributed to his troops a prayer to the great holy god that was to be recited by his men as soon as they were lined up for battle. The prayer was supposed to have been ed to lycinius in a dream by god. But t d barnes surmises that if the story is true, then the prayer was likely written not by god, but by constantine.

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