The relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire is one of profound significance, and has shaped the evolution of ...

By the fourth century Christianity becomes the state religion and by the end of the fourth century it is illegal to do any form of public worship other than Christianity in the entire Roman Empire.

Apr. 2—Three hundred and 13 years after Jesus Christ had walked the earth, Constantine the Great, the emperor of Rome, made history with his establishment of religious freedom throughout his empire.

In that letter, he and Licinius granted religious toleration to everyone in the Roman Empire, including Christians. This decree allowed everyone to follow the religion of their choice.

Both pagans and Christians were keen to portray themselves as loyally pro-Roman, in order to try to win over traditional elites within the empire. Although the pagan/Christian ideological war was ...

Christianity was illegal in the Roman Empire until its worship was decriminalized by Emperor Constantine in 313 A.D. Christians of the time “met in secret, underground, to avoid trouble.