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139- Wash Away Your Sins

The History of Rome

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Constantine's Military Reforms

Constantine created two new ranks, the master of the infantry and resurrecting the long ago abandoned title of a dictator. He is said to have done this in order to create large, mobile field armies they would be able to easily reach an invasion point along the border. But some historians suspect that constantine concentrated his forces and garrisoned them in interior cities for domestic political reasons.

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