March 7. Emperor Constantine I. Of all the emperors Rome ever had, only Constantine I was called “The Great.” He unified and strengthened the empire, built a new capital, and was the first Christian emperor of Rome. He gave Christianity the social and political respectability it had previously lacked. On this date in 321, Constantine decreed that—throughout the Roman empire—Sunday would be a day of rest.  Not everyone was pleased with […]

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