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<p>[QUOTE="wittwolf, post: 7663395, member: 116854"][USER=107431]@Matthew Kruse[/USER] Well he wasnt the first one to tolerate christianity but he raised his sons in the christian faith and supported the build up of the orthodox church. The problem I got with this religious policy is that christianity is an aggressive religion that is incompatible with any other religion so it was clear that tensions between pagans and christians would grow with any power the christians would get. And not only christians and pagans began to fight each other but also different branches of christianity will start to fight and kill eachother. This religion brought alot of instability + the first "holy wars" this empire has seen.</p><p>I guess you cant blame all of this on Constantine but he could have guessed a lot of this and even heated it up during the council of nicaea by outlawing parts of christianity right after tolerating them all. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] He wasnt the last one to unite the empire. After him Constantius II. would rule some time as sole emperor after the murder of Constans. After that comes Julian ruling alone, then you could argue Jovian also ruled solely over the empire. But anyways the rule of one emperor was outdated at that time and even Constantine relied on a bunch of Caesars under him so why would this make him special?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wittwolf, post: 7663395, member: 116854"][USER=107431]@Matthew Kruse[/USER] Well he wasnt the first one to tolerate christianity but he raised his sons in the christian faith and supported the build up of the orthodox church. The problem I got with this religious policy is that christianity is an aggressive religion that is incompatible with any other religion so it was clear that tensions between pagans and christians would grow with any power the christians would get. And not only christians and pagans began to fight each other but also different branches of christianity will start to fight and kill eachother. This religion brought alot of instability + the first "holy wars" this empire has seen. I guess you cant blame all of this on Constantine but he could have guessed a lot of this and even heated it up during the council of nicaea by outlawing parts of christianity right after tolerating them all. [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] He wasnt the last one to unite the empire. After him Constantius II. would rule some time as sole emperor after the murder of Constans. After that comes Julian ruling alone, then you could argue Jovian also ruled solely over the empire. But anyways the rule of one emperor was outdated at that time and even Constantine relied on a bunch of Caesars under him so why would this make him special?[/QUOTE]
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