Fragment of a Marble Tomb Relief with Christ Giving the Law, late 300s, Byzantine, Marble, Overall: 19 1/2 x 52 3/4 x 6 in. (49.5 x 134 x 15.2 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The authority of the Christian church grew rapidly with emperor Constantine's recognition of the faith as a legal religion within the Roman Empire in 313. Increasingly the most powerful centers of the church were the old imperial capital, Rome; the new imperial capital, Constantinople, the New Rome; Alexandria; Jerusalem/Caesarea; and Antioch
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Fragment, Marble Tomb Relief, Christ Giving, Law, late 300s, Byzantine, Marble, Overall, 19 1/2 x 52 3/4 6, 49.5 134 15.2 cm, Sculpture-Stone, authority, Christian church, grew, rapidly, emperor Constantine, recognition, faith, legal religion, within, Roman Empire, 313, Increasingly, powerful centers, church, old imperial, capital, Rome, new, Constantinople, New Rome, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Caesarea, Antioch
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