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The Emperor's New Creed: The Triumph of Christianity
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PAGANS AND CHRISTIANS
By Robin Lane Fox
Knopf. 799 pp. $35
WHAT IF CONSTANTINE had had insomnia?
The question is posed in the spirit of Pascal's famous remark
about Cleopatra's nose: "if it had been shorter, the face of the
entire earth would have been completely changed."
Likewise, on October 28, 312 A.D., Constantine won a decisive
battle at the Milvian bridge, a victory that ultimately led him to
become sole ruler of the entire Roman Empire. The night before, so
the story goes, he dreamed of a Christ-like figure who had promised
him victory if his troops bore the cross on their ...
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