the forces that drove Rome to become Christian, such as Constantine's conversion, did not immediately transform the empire into an entity that practiced modern Christianity. Rather,pagan traditionslingered in this ascendant Christian culture for a time. ...
The public cult ofSol Invictus, the Invincible Sun, was peripherally related to the private Mithraic cult and became the officialreligionof the empire untilRome's conversion to Christianity. The Mithraic cult, as practiced by the Romans, became highly connected with the vitality ofRoman society. W...
Roman aristocrats would seem to be unlikely candidates for conversion to Christianity. Pagan and civic traditions were deeply entrenched among the educated and politically well-connected. Indeed, men who held state offices often were also esteemed priests in the pagan state cults: these priesthoods ...
Constantine credited his success to his conversion to Christianity and the support of the Christian God. He wrote that he was God’s chosen instrument for suppression and proclaimed that, aided by the power of God, he came to bring peace and prosperity to all the lands. Constantine’s ...
Battle of the Milvian Bridge: A battle that took place between the Roman Emperors, Constantine I and Maxentius, on October 28, 312, and is often seen as the beginning of Constantine’s conversion to Christianity. Constantine the Great was a Roman Emperor from 306-337 CE. Constantine was t...
Moreso, however, many of the legion's recruits came from rural and backwater areas that were the last reaches of the empire to experience conversion to Christianity. It has been said the Roman army was the last refuge of paganism. The traces of Christianity found in the imperial legions are...
The powerful effects of Emperor Constantine's (d. 337) conversion to Christianity in the fourth century had a great influence on vast numbers of the Roman legions, and thousands of soldiers followed his example and converted to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (c. 6B.C.E.–c. 30C.E....
As for Pilate, after his recall from Rome, virtually no evidence exists of his fate. Stories of his conversion to Christianity, or committing suicide out of guilt or to avoid punishment, are completely unverifiable, and Pilate disappears from the historical record with the passing of Tiberius. ...
to Christianity. He then was sole emperor of Rome. At the Council of Nicaea lead by Constantine they condemned the teachings of Arius and declared that Jesus was coeternal with the Father: one substance with God. Theodosius made Christianity theRoman empire’s official state religion. After the...
to the era’s relic trade and need to draw pilgrims to the church to help with their income. Research in the Roman, burial practices after Constantine the Great’s conversion to Christianity should also be research. In the final layers, layer 1 in figures 3.2 and figure 3.3 of both sides...