[Donna Lee Nardo]

You say "the Christians appealed to Constantine," but Constantine himself was already converted to Christianity at that point. He was a believer and did not act as casually or as disinterested as your statement infers.

[Utopia]

but Constantine himself was already converted to Christianity at that point. He was a believer and did not act as casually or as disinterested as your statement infers.

Actually, there is a lot of doubt about Constantine's "conversion". I've studied many works by many scholars who abolutely insist he did convert, others claim, -- not so fast! I haven't kept up with the latest trend in thinking. But one can certainly say that Constantine was tolerant of Christianity, but he did not grant the Christians their request for a separate feast date. (They had to share December 25 with everyone else.)