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To: jpsb

Translations from Latin tend to be relatively verbose. One thing for sure, Constantine was continuing the Roman campaign against the Jews.


56 posted on 11/13/2006 12:04:38 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: RightWhale
"Constantine was continuing the Roman campaign against the Jews."

LOL, he does not appear to be a fan of the Jews does he? Well he lifted some restrictions placed on Jews and did not persecute them. Certainly he had the power to wipe them off the face of the earth had he wanted to. The Edict of Milan allowed Jews religious freedom too.

I am glad we had this conservation, I love history and was a little weak on Constantine and did not realize just what a great Emperor he was. He deserves the title "The Great" just on military victories alone, he gets it for founding the Eastern Roman Empire and opening the door for a Christan Rome, but he was also a Roman General of the first Rank.

61 posted on 11/13/2006 12:18:07 PM PST by jpsb
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