The Battle of the Milvian Bridge just outside the walls of Rome in AD 312 resulted in significant changes that ultimately would enable the rise of Christian institutions in the western empire and for them to achieve a degree of power necessary in replacing secular control once the west was overrun by barbarian hordes. Emperor Constantine’s embrace of the Christian God inaugurated a new official respect for Christianity well beyond simple toleration. It began with a sign and ended with military victory.
“With This Sign You Will Conquer” Appeared to Constantine in a Vision
The story of the miraculous sign from heaven is recounted, with distinct variations, by the writers Lactantius and Eusebius. Eusebius’ rendering is considered the more accurate because Constantine had personally told him the story and confirmed its truth by an oath.
According to Eusebius, the omen was seen by Constantine and his entire army days before the actual battle outside of the walls of Rome. Constantine recounted that the sign was an answer to a prayer he had made to the God of his father, Constantius, a Christian. The sign itself displayed a cross in the font of a sun. Eusebius continues that the sign was confirmed to Constantine that night in a dream during which Christ appeared to him. The simple message of the Christian God was: With this sign you will conquer."
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