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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
"Christianity flourished under Constantine"? I assume you are referring to man made religion and not the Body of Christ.
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Both I guess.
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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
"Trump is more powerful than Constantine" -- How? How is someone in a government with the checks and balances of our constitution and the scrutiny of our press, in a world where we understand "freedom of speech" and "freedom of the press" to be our right, how is he more powerful than Constantine? Constantine was an emperor of the only superpower, Trump has to deal with other powers like China, Russia, Japan, Europe, India, Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc.
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Territory wise, the USA is larger than the Roman Empire. Population too. Militarily, the USA is more powerful than the ancient Roman Empire. Financially, USA is richer than the ancient Roman Empire.
Roman military spending was 2.5% of the empire's GDP. USA is what now, 3-4%?