The Conversion of Constantine: What Really Happened?

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Uploaded 17-09-20

Emperor Constantine the Great famously converted to Christianity in the early 4th century CE. But how did this happen? What did Constantine really believe?

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Bibliography:
Bart Ehrman, "The Triumph of Christianity."
Henk Singor, “The Labarum, Shield Blazons, and Constantine’s Caeleste Signum,"
Jan Bremmer, “The Vision of Constantine,” in A. Lardinois et al. (eds), Land of Dreams, Leiden: Brill, 2006, 57-79.
Jonathan Bardill, "Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age," 330 -331.
Noel Lenski, “The Reign of Constantine,” in “The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine,” 65-67.
Noel Lenski, “The Date of the Ticinum Medallion,” 2018, NAC 47, 251-295.

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