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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6983074, member: 84905&quot;]I read a biography of Constantine I recently. I was particularly interested in his Christian conversion. Apparently, Constantine&#039;s idea of Christianity was very different from our understanding. Constantine turned to Christianity for similar reasons as Aurelian had tried to promote the cult of Sol Invictus. Constantine believed that Christianity with its single god could provide the basis for a single cult that unified the empire. He regarded the Christian god as a war god, that had brought him victory over Maxentius and Licinius and he regarded himself as something of a new Christ. I think his coinage reflects his particular version of Christianity and his particular reason for conversion well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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