
137- The Christian Emperor
The History of Rome
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The History of Rome - Episode One
In the autumn of three 24 a d roman empire awoke to discover that, for the first time in forty years, the empire was ruled by a single man. Constantine and his ministers ploughed through everything lycinius had done since taking over the east in three 13. But there was one big area where c stantine uniformly rejected lyciniu's policy: the status of christianity. With no one around to challenge constantine could finally stop mincing words, and he announced that not only was christianity the one true religion, but as an institution, the church was going to have the full backing of the imperial government.
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