The Roman Empire From Severus To Constantine Guide

Constantine legalized Christianity, moving it from a persecuted cult to the favored religion of the state.

The Cyprian Plague decimated the workforce and the army. The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine

By the time of Constantine’s death in 337 AD, the Roman Empire was unrecognizable from the one Severus had inherited. The Mediterranean world had shifted from a pagan, Rome-centered principate to a Christian, East-leaning autocracy. This "Late Antiquity" set the stage for the Byzantine Empire in the East and the eventual rise of medieval Europe in the West. Constantine legalized Christianity