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The conversion of Constantine the Great to Christianity and the ensuing cessation of persecution, followed by the construction of churches across the Roman Empire, has sometimes been termed "the Constantinian Shift" by historians. Constantine, however, treads a very thin line in engaging with this new religion. His son, Constantius II, however, took a very different, much more active stance, and actively worked to promote Christianity in the Roman Empire. His policies have thus come to be seen by some professionals as nothing short of a Roman revolution in Late Antiquity.
The conversion of Constantine the Great to Christianity and the ensuing cessation of persecution, followed by the construction of churches across the Roman Empire, has sometimes been termed "the Constantinian Shift" by historians. Constantine, however, treads a very thin line in engaging with this new religion. His son, Constantius II, however, took a very different, much more active stance, and actively worked to promote Christianity in the Roman Empire. His policies have thus come to be seen by some professionals as nothing short of a Roman revolution in Late Antiquity.
