History of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Roman Empire vs. Christian Soldiers
<p>A curious occurrence happened in the early 4th century Roman Empire. The early church historian Bishop <em>Eusebius</em> tells the story of the Roman Emperor <strong>Constantine</strong>, who, before a battle against his rival Emperor <strong>Maxentius</strong> in 312 AD at the <em>Milvian Bridge</em> outside of Rome, had either a dream or vision that he was to conquer in the sign of Christ.</p>
<p>Explaining this to his troops, they made a battle standard of the Greek letters <em>chi</em> and <em>rho</em>, the first two letters of <em>Christ</em> in Greek, and were victorious. Constantine converted to Christianity and, in 313 AD, put into law the <em>Edict of Milan</em>, making Christianity a legitimate religion with toleration toward Christians across the Roman Empire. This ended the Empire-wide <em>Great Persecution</em> of the church under the earlier Emperor <strong>Diocletian</strong>.</p>
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