What impact did Constantine have on Christianity after conquering the Roman Empire?Like a stone entering a tide of water, Constantine penetrated through worship pagan by bringing Christianity to the forefront after the great battle in the Roman Empire. This changed the way the Romans worshiped and impacted their society as a whole. Christianity was brought to the forefront largely due to the support of Constantine. With his help, the Romans had changed their pagan views to Christian views while impacting society, education, and influence on the Roman Empire. Christianity before ConstantineChristianity at the turn of the century was very difficult for many Christians. Many Christians were persecuted because they did not worship pagan gods. The persecution of Christianity in Roman times was established during the ministry of Jesus and continued for almost three centuries until the time of Constantine. For Christians, times were marked by great persecution and great consequences for the faith. One of the first documented cases of persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire involved Nero in 64 AD. Although persecution had obviously occurred earlier, Nero captured Christians and presented them as the cause of the Great Fire of Rome. This fire destroyed much of Rome and ravaged most lives at the time. Christians were told they were “abominations,” these new negative illusions were based on Christian practices: body and blood in Catholic services (Bryant, 313). The pagan Romans believed this to be a form of cannibalism and ritual murder, when in reality it was a Eucharist for the body “bread” and blood “wine” of Jesus Christ . Nero's apology had made it clear that if someone was a Christian, they would be subject to capital punishment. With capital punishment...... middle of paper......of which developed and exploited. Works CitedAllan, N. (1987). Syriac fragments in the library of the host institute. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (1), pp. 43-47. Conley, T. (2000). Greek rhetoric after the fall of Constantinople: an introduction. Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric, 18(3), pp. 265-294. Downey, G. (1957). Education in the Christian Roman Empire: Christian and pagan theories under Constantine and his successors. Speculum, 32(1), pp. 48-61. McGiffert, AC (1909). The influence of Christianity on the Roman Empire. The Harvard Theological Review, 2(1), pp. 28-49. Rayner, A. J. (1942). Christian society in the Roman Empire. Greece and Rome, 11(33), pp. 113-123. Toynbee, A. J. (1955). The Ottoman Empire in world history. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 99(3), pp... 119-126.