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The History of Rome

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Constantine's Political Posture

As a young man, constantine had no problem with the jupiter hercules religious ideology of the teterarchy. But as he grew older, and perhaps as a result of finally joining up with his father, constantine seems to have drifted into a vague monotheism. When he became caesar in three o six, the propaganda emanating from constantine's court continued this march towards an almost exclusive solar monotheism -  solin victus. There has been a great deal of ink spilled over whether constantine was really a christian, or whether he was just cynically exploiting the religion to his own advantage. And i've got to say, i think it's a bit

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