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Constantine the convert - * in 272 in Naissus - in 337 in Nicomedia - Reigned from 306 until 337

Did he really believe in Christianity? I really doubt this because he was converted to Christianity and baptized right before he died.

In the past
Former Roman Emperors tried to stop the spread of Christianity with many measures No success

Constantines influence
Realized that going against the Christian movement was point- and senseless In AD 313 he announced that all religions could be worshipped freely

End of persecution Beginning of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire

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