Paradise Lost Episode 6: In This Sign, Conquer

<p>"And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kinds; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"</p> <p>In the early 4th century, after the resignation of Diocletian, Rome was an empire divided between 4 men, none of whom trusted one another. As you might expect, it soon descended into civil war once again. But this time, the man who came out on top would change Rome forever. His name was Constantine, and he would leave Rome with a new religion, a new capital and a new army. Yet for all he accomplished, Constantine could only delay the inevitable. The western half of the empire decayed while the east was revitalized by Constantinople, New Rome...</p> <p>Image Citation: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pezzi_bronzei_di_statua_colossale_di_costantino,_330-37_ca._01.JPG </p>