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🗓️ 13 April 2014
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In the year AD 312, Constantine the Great defeated his main rival for the title of emperor in Western Europe. He is one of the most significant people in history, as the first Christian Emperor, who vigorously promoted the religion
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0:55.5 | is today lost some of its religious significance. During the Middle Ages, the calendar |
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1:07.3 | impossible to imagine medieval Europe without it. |
1:20.6 | A hugely important factor in the initial rise of the religion was its promotion by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great in the early 4th century. |
1:27.4 | But for this to happen, Constantine had first to defeat his main rival for power in Western Europe. |
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1:34.6 | battle in the Roman civil war between two rivals for power, Constantine and Maxentius. |
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1:46.8 | fourth century as the beginning of the end of the ancient world. The next couple of centuries |
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