The Ideal of Martyrdom
San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome
Emperor Constantine 306-337 A.D.
Battle of the Milvian Bridge, October 28, 312
To celebrate and memorialize his victory at the Milvian Bridge, Constantine had an Arch erected in Rome next to the Colosseum
Christianity, a proselytizing religion
(Map of the Spread of Christianity to ca. 400)
Religions in the Mediterranean ca. 400
330 A.D. Constantine establishes a second capitol for the Empire at Constantinople (Byzantium)
The first known papal decretal was issued by Pope Siricius in 385
Pope Leo I (440-461) Matthew 16:18
Pope Gelasius: Two Swords 494 A.D.
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