You may find this interesting, Nature.
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/Constantine.htm
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/Constantine.htm
Quote:State Church: Christianity Goes Royal
"Nothing is more welcome to a military empire than a religious doctrine that counsels obedience and acquiescence."
– Hyam Maccoby, The Mythmaker, p163.
Constantine's desire to impose upon the Empire a religion that would identify obsequiousness to the deity with loyalty to the emperor found its perfect partner in Christianity – or at least in the Christianity he was to patronize.