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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4167332, member: 82549"]My guess is that with the COMITI AVGG NN reverses he is beseeching Sol's support and protection for the entire Roman Empire. We'll never know, but the similarity of Sol as supreme god and the omnipotence of the Judeo-Christian God that he later embraced is striking. It seems as if Constantine wanted to be associated with--or perhaps claim the support of--the most powerful god. Why waste time and effort trying to appease lesser gods? Figure out who is the most powerful and devote your energies to him. This was a fairly typical sentiment at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4167332, member: 82549"]My guess is that with the COMITI AVGG NN reverses he is beseeching Sol's support and protection for the entire Roman Empire. We'll never know, but the similarity of Sol as supreme god and the omnipotence of the Judeo-Christian God that he later embraced is striking. It seems as if Constantine wanted to be associated with--or perhaps claim the support of--the most powerful god. Why waste time and effort trying to appease lesser gods? Figure out who is the most powerful and devote your energies to him. This was a fairly typical sentiment at the time.[/QUOTE]
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