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3 days ago · In the year 629 A.D., the Cross was recovered and brought back to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius of Constantinople. The relic of the True Cross was then restored to its place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The date the True Cross was brought back to Jerusalem was September 14th!
3 days ago · 11. Constantius and Galerius (early 4th century) These count as one selection, as the former ruled in the West and the latter in the East. Both continued a reign of terror which included, at the very least, the destruction of Christian churches, as well as the destruction of Christians themselves.
5 days ago · Emperor Constantine was the first ruler to recognize Christianity, and by the end of the 4th century AD, Christianity had become the official religion of Rome. This marked the start of a new era in the history of Rome, as the city and its people embraced a new belief system. The Conversion of Emperor Constantine
3 days ago · 1. Augustus: First Roman Emperor. Detail from the larger-than-life statue of Augustus of Prima Porta, early 1st century CE. Source: Musei Vaticani, Rome. Julius Caesar was the first Roman leader to (briefly) hold near-absolute power, but it was his adopted son, Octavian, who became the first Roman emperor, Augustus.
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3 days ago · The role of the Roman Empire in spreading Christianity cannot be overstated. Without Roman tolerance, the conversion of Emperor Constantine, and the establishment of the Catholic Church, it is unlikely that Christianity would have spread as widely and rapidly as it did.
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6 days ago · When Emperor Constantine the Great ordered fifty complete copies of the Bible to be transcribed and disseminated across the empire, Eusebius used the Hexapla as the master copy for the Old Testament.
