Constantine: In order to understand how I became who I am today we have to go back to the beginning. I was born in approximately 286 A.D, and was raised in the military governing class, as my father was Constantius, a high level military officer, and was helped raised by my mother Helena. When around 293 A.D my father rose to the rank of Caesar, or Deputy Emperor. At which time he was sent to work directly under Augustus Miamian. The emperor of the west Roman empire. Where I was brought up in the east at the court of the senior emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia. During this time, I received …show more content…
I knew this was wrong and had no way at the time of preventing it. As I grew in power I made it my mission to prevent the persecution from happening and I believe it was that goodness that allowed my troops to win at the battle of Milvian. Once I took control of the Roman empire through the Edict of Milan I created freedom for Christians to practice their religious beliefs without persecution. I only used the council of Nicene to compromise and settle on multiple issue facing Christianity, Including the debate with Arius that Jesus is not divine and therefore a created being. Through the use of compromise, I was able to adapt pagan beliefs and dates into the events in the bible to help covert followers and strengthen the power of the church. Expanding it to much of Rome, and from their gave it the fuel necessary to spread elsewhere.
Interviewer: What was the Political and Social issues of your time frame, what unique issues did you face and what actions or events took place that altered those issues.
Constantine: Christianity was a new idea that began to spread, growing up under Decollate, I saw the persecution of Christians due to fear of their beliefs and the threat of them banding together and rising to power, which my leader saw as a threat to his empire. Rome was also spilt into different sections, with separate rulers for each. Those three all reported to one Emperor who control everything, This lead to many different versions of Roman culture and