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For Eusebius of Caesarea, above all in his laudatory biography of Constantine, the Roman empire was thoroughly transformed as the emperor took action against pagan cult. The conflict between Jews and Christians could involve emperors, but not always in a straightforward narrative of Christian triumphalism.
Sep 12, 2023 · It is often taken for granted that Constantine encouraged or required their Christian faith. However, in fact there is only evidence for Constantine's influence on the faith of his mother Helena. This paper examines the evidence for Christianity in the imperial family before Constantine became publicly Christian, and suggests that some of these ...
Filed Under: Essays. 2 pages, 749 words. Constantine was a Roman Emperor who ruled in the early 300’s AD, and was arguably one of the most powerful person in his part of the world. His conversion to Christianity had far reaching effects on the common practice of the religion and on all the factions of Christianity that are present today.
Summary. Asia Minor was a region of broad religious diversity in the time of the Tetrarchy and afterwards, under the successor regimes established by Licinius, Constantine and his sons (284–361). Significant communities of Jews and Christians populated its cities and their territories amid the great pagan Greek majority.
Apr 20, 2018 · The persecutions mounted by Decius and Diocletian seem to reflect a hardening of religious attitudes, particularly in terms of the meaning of superstitio. For Eusebius of Caesarea, above all in his laudatory biography of Constantine, the Roman empire was thoroughly transformed as the emperor took action against pagan cult.
Sep 12, 2023 · It is often taken for granted that Constantine encouraged or required their Christian faith. However, in fact there is only evidence for Constantine's influence on the faith of his mother Helena. This paper examines the evidence for Christianity in the imperial family before Constantine became publicly Christian, and suggests that some of these ...
