The Battle of Milvian Bridge, 312 A.D. The Founding of Christianity as the West's Religion, the Tangled Web of Betrayal, Deception, and Victory.

History's Greatest Battles

With his triumph, Constantine seized unchallenged mastery over the Western Roman Empire, unleashing a seismic shift that would propel Christianity from persecuted sect to the empire’s sacred creed, forging the spiritual destiny of Europe in a single, irrevocable stroke.
Milvian Bridge. October 27, 312 A.D.
Gallic (Constantine's) Forces: ~ 50,000 Soldiers.
Italian (Maxentius') Forces: ~ 75,000 Soldiers.
Additional Reading and Episode Research:

• Williamson Translation: Eusebius. The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine.
• Grant, Michael. Constantine: The Man and His Times.
• Dudley, Donald. The Romans.
• Durant, Will. Caesar and Christ.
• Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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