The are many good things about the internet but on the bad side are all the anti Christian videos claiming Rome created Christianity for one reason or another or that Jesus didn’t even exist and other nonsense.
But for folks who don’t know too much, it can sway them.
Knowing Roman history would help them see how nonsensical the claims are.
Hope Leithart can get John Batchelor to review book
I collect ancient Roman coins. You can find genuine Constantine coins about the size of a dime, on eBay for only a few dollars. You won’t find Christian symbols on his coins, but later ones will show the chi-rho (looks like a P on an X) which indicate a Christian Roman emperor.
It was great that he could cast out demons, and the Zippo lighter thing was cool.
Before Constantine the day of Saturday was the Christian sabbath. Constantine decreed Sunday to be the new Christian sabbath. Sunday was the day used by Pagans who worshipped the Sun. A lot of pagan symbols are used by Christians to this day.