History’s Greatest Battles

The Battle of Milvian Bridge, 312 A.D. The Founding of Christianity as the West's Religion, the Tangled Web of Betrayal, Deception, and Victory.

20 min • 29 oktober 2024

With his triumph, Constantine seized unchallenged mastery over the Western Roman Empire, unleashing a seismic shift that would propel Christianity from persecuted sect to the empire’s sacred creed, forging the spiritual destiny of Europe in a single, irrevocable stroke.

Milvian Bridge. October 27, 312 A.D.
Gallic (Constantine's) Forces: ~ 50,000 Soldiers.
Italian (Maxentius') Forces: ~ 75,000 Soldiers.

Additional Reading and Episode Research:

  • Williamson Translation: Eusebius. The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine.
  • Grant, Michael. Constantine: The Man and His Times.
  • Dudley, Donald. The Romans.
  • Durant, Will. Caesar and Christ.
  • Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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