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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7813753, member: 97383"]Roman coinage was more than a transactional commodity, it was an official message of the state. No doubt Constantine showed support for the large number Christian believers & curried their favor, however, that doesn't mean he totally embraced the new religion & did forsake the pagan past. We have no idea how many true Christians were living in new Roman Empire, & how many of those people were still pagans. If Constantine was such a devote Christian as Mattingly suggests, why did he wait till he was on his deathbed to get baptized <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? Constantine's life was not an image of a devote Christian. He was a brutal & cruel despot who had members of his own family executed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7813753, member: 97383"]Roman coinage was more than a transactional commodity, it was an official message of the state. No doubt Constantine showed support for the large number Christian believers & curried their favor, however, that doesn't mean he totally embraced the new religion & did forsake the pagan past. We have no idea how many true Christians were living in new Roman Empire, & how many of those people were still pagans. If Constantine was such a devote Christian as Mattingly suggests, why did he wait till he was on his deathbed to get baptized o_O? Constantine's life was not an image of a devote Christian. He was a brutal & cruel despot who had members of his own family executed.[/QUOTE]
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