A sit down with Constantine (313 C.E.)
Q: What did the Edict of Milan do?
A: It granted freedom of worship to all citizens of the Roman Empire. This ended the persecution of Christians.
Q: How will legalizing Christianity play out?
A: It will thrive in the empire. It will also underlie social and cultural developments for many centuries.
Q: What will you reform?
A: I will continue Diocletian's reforms, but I will also grant freedom of worship and establish a new capital, Constantinople.
Q: How will Constantinople affect the empire?
A: Constantinople will make the eastern empire the center of power.
Q: What were the results of your reforms?
A: They revived the economy and by the increasing power of government, it will help hold the empire together. But on the down side the reforms failed to stop the longterm decline.
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