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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 4493295, member: 10613&quot;]I quickly looked in Barnes <b>Constantine : Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire</b> and found several references.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The building and beautification of Constantinople was funded by a major program of confiscations (Bonamente 1992)&quot; pg 129</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Constantine conducted a systematic confiscation of temple treasures throughout the territories which he conquered in 324...temple treasures in the West were still untouched in 343.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; pg 130</p><p><br /></p><p>there is a lot in Eusebius about pagan temples being stripped of valuables.</p><p><br /></p><p>Palladas even alludes to melting down of statues of gods to produce coins---</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Having become Christian, owners of Olympian palaces dwell here unharmed; for the melting pot that produces the life-giving follis will not put them in the fire.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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