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  1. Constantine does not endorse Christianity

    The Romans were largely indifferent to their citizen's various beliefs. It was the rise of monotheism that led to the concept of orthodoxy/heresy, and the consequent persecution. That might not have happened in a consistently pantheistic history. Of course, I agree with you that it's a all...
  2. Constantine does not endorse Christianity

    ...and therefore might have quashed Licinius's equally pro-Christian stance. Would this have meant monotheism withered, a relatively benign pantheism prevailed, and the development of a reason might have flourished in less adversarial intellectual circumstances than actually prevailed?
  3. Constantine does not endorse Christianity

    If Constantine has not declared himself (and the Empire) Christian, could we have fast-tracked to an "Enlightenment" of some form, without the need to for the intervening Dark age / Medieval age?
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