In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

The triumph of Christianity is actually a very remarkable historical phenomenon. ... We begin with a small group from the backwaters of the Roman Empire and after two, three centuries go by, lo and ...

Rome’s Milvian Bridge as it looks today. It is the site where Constantine triumphed over rival emperor Maxentius in 312 CE and converted to Christianity (image by Anthony Majanlahti via Flickr) ...

Key players in a high-stakes game of politics and theology. Like the king in chess, Constantine occupied a prominent position at the Council of Nicaea, but he did not actually do very much.