In 305 Constantine entered into battle with his father against the Picts, unknowingly for the last time. Constantatius died at a camp in York in northern England. His soldier immediately named Constantine, Augustus, and his career as a twenty-year-old ruler began. Sometime during his rule he experienced a profound conversion and became a Christian. Under God's divine influence he defeated Maxentius at the following battle at the Milvian Bridge along the Tiber River. The very next day Maxentius's body washed ashore and they paraded his body through town. Constantine had become the ruler of Rome and Italy.

Constantine's new found Christianity had influence on all of his surroundings. In 313 he was the first to legalize Christianity. This was called the Edict of Milan. Throughout his career as ruler and emperor he favored the Christian people. He demanded that restitution be granted to all Christians that suffered under the recent...