the council Constantine wrote letters warning the church in Nicomedia to not give support to Eusebius who was by then banished and soon saw that no threats against all the progress he made would be dealt with severely. Constantine went on to end the gladiators to further keep the bloodshed to a minimum, however there would be some in his own family because his other Helena told him that his wife and oldest son Crispus were living in sin so he had them both killed. Then he made a law regarding that husbands had the right to avenge the married bed. The bishops that were at the council spoke freely but saw that where the power lies it would be dangerous to speak up against what Constantine was doing. Years after the council was over Ossius said…show more content… We ought not therefore, to have anything in common with the Jews. We desire to separate ourselves from the detestable company of the Jews for it is surely shameful for us to hear the Jews boast that without their direction we could not keep this feast. In their blindness, they frequently celebrate two Passovers in the same year. How then could we follow these Jews for to celebrate the Passover twice in one year is totally inadmissible." This is him saying that we should have nothing in common with the Jews. Even though he practiced some pagan practices he made a statue which is called The Column of Constantine which had pagan symbolism and Christian symbolism. Back in that time the statue was almost 50ft tall and at the top was Constantine as the pagan sun god Apollo with a piece of the true cross, also on his head was a sun crown the symbol of kings. At the base of the statue there was a location which contained other relics, like other parts of crosses, a basket believed to be from the story of the loaves and fishes miracle, a jar which possibly belonged to Mary Magdalene, and a wooden statue of Pallas Athena from Troy. Eventually a Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos came and saw this statue
