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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 1633571, member: 6370&quot;]I don&#039;t know if I agree that he was assassinated because of his actions against paganism or his refusal to accept the title of Potifex Maximus as much as the fact that he lost the support of his troops because of his favoritism to his Alan Mercenaries as well as the usual political struggles, particularly in his case, Magnus Maximus who was the one who supposedly sent the assassin. Although he was certainly Christian as were all emperors after Julian, this was very near the time when Theodosius would announce Christianity (and only one form of Christianity) to be the only acceptable religion so his rejection of paganism might not have been that terribly unpopular save for people like the old guard senators who were of little consequence in Roman politics by this time anyway...or be the underlying cause of his murder. Its difficult to say how much actions and symbolism such as this are political in nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the captive motif (in all its forms) IS quite a common motif at this time and I would think he was just rehashing an old motif and simply adding the symbolism to let it be known he was Christian which would become common practice after Constantine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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