What was the impact that Constantine had on Christianity after conquering the Roman Empire? Like a stone penetrating a tide of water, Constantine penetrated through pagan worship bringing Christianity into close-up after the great battle in the Roman empire. It changed the way the Romans worshiped and impacted their society as a whole. Christianity was brought to prominence largely thanks to the support of Constantine. With his help the Romans had changed their pagan views to Christian views, at the same time influencing society, education and influence on the Roman Empire. Christianity before Constantine Christianity at the beginning of the century was very difficult for many Christians. Just as many Christians were persecuted for not worshiping pagan gods. The persecution of Christianity in Roman times began during the ministry of Jesus and continued for nearly three centuries until the time of Constantine. Times for Christians were of great persecution and consequences for the faith. One of the first documented cases of persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire was that of Nero in 64 AD. Although the persecution obviously occurred earlier, Nero captured the Christians and made them the cause of the great fire in Rome. This fire destroyed much of Rome and destroyed most lives of the time. Christians were told they were “abominations,” these new negative delusions were based on Christian practices: the body and blood in Catholic services (Bryant, 313). The pagan Romans believed this was some form of cannibalism and ritual murder, when in reality it was a Eucharist for the "bread" body and "wine" blood of Jesus Christ. Nero's apology made it clear that if anyone were Christian there would be capital punishment. With capital punishment... half of the paper... developed and exploited. Works Cited Allan, N. (1987). Syriac fragments in the library of the reception institution. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, (1), pp. 43-47. Conley, T. (2000). Greek rhetoric after the fall of Constantinople: an introduction. Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric, 18(3), pp. 265-294.Downey, G. (1957). Education in the Christian Roman Empire: Christian and pagan theories under Constantine and his successors. Speculum, 32(1), pp. 48-61.McGiffert, A.C. (1909). The influence of Christianity on the Roman Empire. The Harvard Theological Review, 2(1), pp. 28-49.Rayner, A. J. (1942). Christian society in the Roman Empire. Greece and Rome, 11(33), pp. 113-123. Toynbee, A. J. (1955). The Ottoman Empire in world history. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 99(3), pp. 119-126.