Abundance & The Good Life:
The Late-Antique Inheritance (cat. 1-11)
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Aureus of Licinius IGold Late-Antique, 320 AD Minted at Nicomedia Private Collection |
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Licinius, co-emperor with Constantine, controlled the eastern provinces. Around 320, Licinius began to persecute Christians despite an agreement to the contrary formed in 313 with the newly-converted Constantine. Constantine's defeat of his co-emperor and rival in 324 allowed him to proceed with sweeping religious reforms that elevated Christianity to the official religion of the Empire and forbade pagan sacrifices. Officials were even dispatched throughout the eastern provinces in order to confiscate treasure from pagan temples that would be put to use in the construction of new Christian churches.
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