After realizing the seriousness of the matter, the Roman Emperor quickly sent troops to suppress it. Moreover, this time the Roman Emperor's army had an absolute numerical advantage, which killed more than half of these people in a very bloody way. So far, Bagoda

The soldiers then moved to Spain and continued to fight, because the Roman emperor, nobles and even the rich still used civilians and even slaves as talking tools, so the Roman emperor, nobles and even the rich continued to exploit the civilians,

They lived a life of extravagance, lust and debauchery.

But based on our concepts today, the Roman army was actually killing their own people, because the Roman army was also forcibly recruited from civilians, but these soldiers who were forcibly recruited also had their own difficulties.

Because if they don’t help the emperor to kill civilians, or if they help the emperor’s nobles and rich people to burn, kill and loot, they themselves will die. So this ultimately gives us the feeling that this form of national system is simply like entering an endless cycle.

It's like there's no way out. This is the best example of desire and money changing the world.

And this day was one night in 312 AD. Constantine, who was worried about the next day's war, stood on the Milvia Bridge near Rome and looked at the stars. Suddenly, he saw the vast sky.

A strange pattern appeared in the sky, which was four fiery red crosses, accompanied by the words: Rely on this, you will win a great victory.

But how does this make us feel? It’s like a mythical story that has been passed down beyond recognition. It is so distant and illusory, so whether it is true or not, perhaps only Constantine himself knows. But let’s not worry about it.

Whether this is true or not, anyway, Constantine decided to give everything for the war the next day.

Now let's first understand who Constantine is. Constantine was an illegitimate son, born in 280 AD. His father was a famous general who was later elected Augustus by the soldiers.

, his mother was a maid in a small hotel. Constantine did not receive much education when he was a child, so he only knew some Greek. When Constantine was a teenager, he followed

His father joined the army and participated in the war against foreign invasion.

And because Constantine was very brave and resourceful, he showed his uniqueness on the battlefield, so he soon became a relatively senior general. In AD 306, at this time he was twenty-six.

Years old, and his father died at this time, so Constantine succeeded his father as Augustus. At this time, there were two Augustus in Rome. Constantine was the western one.

of Augustus, the eastern Augustus was Licinius.

In 313 AD, Constantine and Licinius met in Milan and jointly issued the Milan Pardon. The Milan Pardon was to recognize the legal status of Christianity and return previously confiscated properties and churches. From then on,

, Christianity transformed from a persecuted secret religion to a legal religion protected by high-level officials, and quickly spread in the Roman Empire. However, after that, Constantine and Licinius fought for the supreme rule of the Roman Empire.

It was a very bloody battle, with countless casualties, corpses everywhere, and rivers of blood everywhere. The Roman civilians were just pawns of the two of them, and they seemed to be just talking tools in their eyes.

Although Constantine and Licinius frantically used the lives of civilians to fight for power, Constantine won in the end, and the entire process of this struggle for power can also be considered the Roman Empire.

The super civil war in which there were countless casualties lasted for about ten years. At this point, Constantine gained the highest power in Rome, which meant he reunified the Roman Empire.

After Constantine obtained the supreme rule of the entire Roman Empire, he carried out a series of reforms in administration, military, religion, etc., all in order to strengthen the centralized autocratic rule. In fact, we have been talking about it before

It is a centralized autocratic rule, but what exactly is it? In fact, it is not difficult to understand. There is only one high-level ruler. It can also be said that only the emperor has the final say. Other regions have no right to speak at all. It can be understood like this

of.

Moreover, in order to consolidate this centralized autocratic rule, Constantine first abolished the common rule of the four emperors of the Roman Empire, and then Constantine appointed his own cronies to govern various parts of the empire.

Strengthening local control. Constantine also implemented the policy of separation of military and political affairs in the provinces. The military chief was directly responsible to the emperor, thus allowing the emperor to fully control the military power. Then there was the religious aspect.

Protection and utilization turned Christianity into a reliable pillar of the imperial regime.

In 323 AD, in order to resolve the internal disputes within Christianity, Constantine convened the first major Christian gathering in Nicaea, unified Christian doctrine and organization, and made Christianity a force for maintaining autocratic rule.

Tools. Through this series of measures, Constantine raised the Roman autocratic monarchy to a new stage.

And what kind of concept is this? In fact, this concept is not difficult to understand. It means using Christianity to control the entire empire, using Christian high-level officials to issue certain orders, or spread certain systems and opinions, so that the entire Roman people will obey this.

This system also accepted these remarks, which made it easier for the Roman emperor to rule the entire Rome.

But as the center of the Roman Empire moved eastward, Constantine moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium in AD 330. Didn’t we talk about this before?

Tinburg means the city of Constantine. In order to build the new capital, Constantine carried out a large-scale construction project and mobilized stones, timber, etc. from all over the Roman Empire, which were used to build new palaces and Christian churches. However, there were still

Libraries and universities were built, etc.

Another is that Constantine vigorously promoted the development of literature and art, and also adopted various measures to attract outstanding talents from all over the world to Constantinople, causing Constantinople to become a center of this era.

cultural center.

Constantine had great political success, but his family life was very unfortunate. Constantine married two wives, and his first wife, Minniferna, gave birth to his eldest son, Carcass.

Lospus died later. His second wife, Foscidi, gave birth to three boys and three girls. In 326 AD, Foscidi cried to Constantine, saying that Carlos Pussy had molested her, and that Constantine

Constantine was very angry at this time, so he killed his eldest son Carlos Pussy. But in the end, Constantine learned the truth and knew that what Fasciti said was not consistent with the truth at all, so Constantine

Constantine killed Fescidi again! In addition to killing his son and wife, Constantine also executed his sister's son for treason.

During his reign, although Constantine once declared Christianity to be legal and encouraged all civilians to accept this new faith with him, Constantine himself never publicly acknowledged his

Is a Christian.

Constantine's autocratic rule and reform measures temporarily stabilized the Roman Empire, because although Constantine was not good to the people at this time, he was not the same attitude as the previous emperors towards the people. In short, it was relatively

It was better, but even though Constantine did this, he could not completely save Rome from the Roman Empire system that had completely reduced to slavery. Roman slavery seemed to be deeply rooted, because no matter it was

The nobles and rich people in Rome did not want the slavery society to end, so that they would have no more ways to exploit the common people. At this point, we can also say that Constantine's reform measures still failed, and the Roman Empire seemed

There is no cure.

But judging from our concept today, it is actually possible to rescue. Originally, civilians could be fabricated and killed indiscriminately. However, there were very few enemies in the Roman Empire during this period, so in my personal opinion, it is also possible to rescue the rich.

People and nobles just fabricate charges and then carry out crazy massacres! Although this process may be hindered, the common people will help massacre the nobles and rich people, so the success rate will be very high. Then the era of democracy can be restored.

Perhaps such a strategy could prolong the life of the Roman Empire, but Constantine obviously did not do this, maybe because he was afraid of crazy counterattacks by the nobles and rich people?

So Constantine still had to leave this world with his regrets. On May 22, 335, Constantine was seriously ill. He also knew that he would die soon, so he asked for help.

A Christian priest baptized himself, supposedly to cleanse him of the sins of his life. Then the sixty-four-year-old, exhausted monarch took off his emperor's purple robe and put on the new Christian robe.

The white robe of the saint passed away peacefully.

As soon as Constantine passed away, a very fierce melee broke out within the Roman high-level ruling group! This was to seize the supreme rule of the Roman Empire, that is, to seize Constantine's position as emperor. This huge melee continued.

Many, many years, many, many people died during this period, and even the entire Roman Empire began to split. There were raging wars everywhere, dead bodies everywhere, the smell of blood, crying and even the helpless despair of the civilians...

This very terrible civil war to seize power lasted for about fifty years. It was really terrible. It was not until 395 AD that the Roman Emperor Theodosius I used the bloodiest war to conquer Rome.

The empire was unified. However, after his death, he divided the Roman Empire between his two sons, so the Roman Empire was officially divided at this time into the Eastern Roman Empire with Constantinople as its capital, and the Eastern Roman Empire with Rome as its capital.
Chapter completed!