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The Supreme "Courts" Of The Roman Empire, C.G. Bateman
The Supreme "Courts" Of The Roman Empire, C.G. Bateman
C.G. Bateman
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Why and how did Constantine go further than merely tolerating Christianity, and put himself at the head of their affairs and legislate Christian bishops into the position of Roman judges whose decisions were not subject to appeal? What effect did the rescript of 333 have on the meaning of the earlier edict of 318, and why is this important?[1]
Constantine, the Roman Emperor from 315-337, was a law-giver who first put the Christian Church in the place of primacy in the organization of the state that it only lost as recently as the seventeenth century; as such, …
The Dual Lives Of The Emerging Right To Democratic Governance, Gregory H. Fox, Brad R. Roth
The Dual Lives Of The Emerging Right To Democratic Governance, Gregory H. Fox, Brad R. Roth
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