Constantine the god of the bible

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LOL.


You're forgetting that he brought the Romans peace after a protracted period of civil war. That would have been plenty. How he did it was secondary to them.

From Wiki

The main Temple of Janus stood in the Roman Forum. The temple had doors on both ends, and inside the temple was a statue of Janus, the two-faced god of boundaries. The temple doors were closed in times of peace and opened in times of war.

The closing of the temple was a very rare event. It is said to have happened for the first time under Numa Pompilius, for the second time under Titus Manlius in 235 BC, a third time by Augustus in 29 BC, a fourth time by Nero in 66 AD and only a fifth time under Vespasian in AD 70.

Well, the civil war only had two dominant sides, the army was loyal to Caesar's memory but divided between Caesar's heir and Caesar's senior surviving patrician lieutenant. The republican forces have been crushed. All other possible contenders were minnows next to Octavian and Antony. so whichever side won in this situation would have brought an end to the civil war and peace to Rome. It was the circumstances and not Octavian's genius that gave him rather than Antony the credit for this.

As to closing the temple of Janus, here again Octavian was lucky. Rome fought several necessary wars between 235 BC and 29BC, like the second punic war, the macedonian war, and the Marius' war against teutonic invasion. She also fought many discretionary wars. But these wars were not continuous. One war alone lasted continuously from 215 BC to 29 BC, that's the war of Iberian conquest. This war kept the temple of Janis open. The Romans had been making slow but steady progress for close to 200 years. Around 30 BC the war finally appears to draw to a close, so Octavian was able to claim credit for 200 years of Roman effort and close the temple door. But it was premature as cantabrian insurgency flared right back up within a couple of years, and took 7 legions several more years to crush.


It's a long time from 235 to 29 BC.

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