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Battle Of The Milvian Bridge
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Constantine entered Rome the day after the battle, greeted by an ecstatic populace relieved to see the end of Maxentius's erratic and often tyrannical rule. Constantine commemorated the victory not with traditional triumphs celebrating Jupiter or Mars, but by initiating policies that favored the Christian community.
The most immediate consequence was the Edict of Milan in 313 CE, issued jointly with his eastern colleague Licinius, which granted official tolerance, and effectively favored status, to Christianity throughout the empire. Furthermor…