while his arch was still being built, constantine legalized the practice of christianity. its art could now rise from the darkness of the catacombs to celebrate the son of god and his promise of life everlasting. junius bassus, prefect of rome, was baptized on his deathbed and buried in this marble sarcophagus. a masterwork of early christian art, it depicts the expulsion of adam and eve, the entry of jesus into jerusalem, daniel in the lion's den, the arrest of saint paul, and other scenes that have become icons of the faith. the central figure is christ, the giver of law, seated on the throne of heaven, flanked by peter and paul. but elements of the pagan past remain. calais, the roman god of the skies, supports the floor of heaven. christ wears the robe of a greek philosopher... and his beardless, youthful face bears more than a passing resemblance to pagan images of apollo. the first great churches were variations of the roman assembly hall known as a basilica, with a central nave often ending in a semicircular apse and side aisles screened by colonnades. santa sabina,

constantine and his associates favored the option of integration. >> constantine was a consummate pragmatistate politician. and i think he gauged well the upsurge of interest and support christianity was... was receiving, and so played up to that very nicely and exploited it in his own rule. >> when constantine came into power and started to favor christianity, he did do many things that plainly showed a support for christianity. he gave money for the building of churches, money for the copying of scriptures, he exempted clergy members from having to perform civic duties on town councils, that kind of thing. >> the bishops are able to take advantage of constantine's mood and his curious intellectual interest in things like christology and the trinity and church organization. they're able to have bibles copied at public expense. they're finally able to have public christian architecture and big basilicas. so there's a comfortable symbiotic relationship between the empire and the church. >> all that certainly stands in favor of his true christian commitment. on the other hand, he did retain th

taxes started with tariffs constantine had the first one.es, people were actually abandoning their property. things got towards the end, very rough and it's a part of why things did not work. >> one penalty of being sold and slavery. >> or killed. >> that is what they do and the modern-day irs. the only way they would get it was to sell into slavery to get currency john: by 1% was the highest income tax. >> over is exactly right. they kept collecting more and more money in the outlying areas and there wassa massive revolt. >> that is happening in america today. people are sick and tied of seeing their tax dollars in washington. that is one of the reasons that is the great thing about america. the federal government did not create this with the state. >> reaction that they had to collecting the taxes was tax farmers. it was so bad that in one revolt -- john: we do not advocate this on the show. >> it was a 40 year war. but it was clearly a serious tax revolt. >> to your point, when you asked me what 1% was, when we created the federal income

they were august gusttis first c constantine brought us first income tax.th property taxes, so rough that people were abandoning their property andng. then they had to pass laws to not let you leave your property. towards the end it got very, very rough and it is part of why things didn't work. >> pun penalty for not paying your taxes was being sold in slavery. >> or killed. >> modern day irs. that is what they do now. when they would demand payment in gold and silver the only way to pay it was to sell children in slavery or yourselves into slavery. >> one percent i read was the highest income tax. >> what happened in rome is one of the reasons rome fell they kept collecting more and more money from the tributaries the outlying areas and it all went into rome and you had a massive revolt among the people all over the country who weren't in rome. >> that is happening in america today i think. people are sick and tired of seeing their tax dollars sent to washington and none of that coming back to the state from where it came. you lower federal taxes and that

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the attack also killed 23-year-old sergeant major constantine danolof, along with other fighters and bombers have been inalternated in military cemeteries with graves marked with numbers. first ever a promised 36 returned in this round receiving a hero's welcome. no longer just a number in a hidden cemetery, he has finally beefinallymade it home. don't see hanfar as a hero, they see him as a terrorist. and his return is considered a good quill gesture to u.s. attempts to restart talks israel and the palestinians. >> their families are still suffering and if there's goodwill we hope israel stop this violation of the rights of the families and themselves. >> according to israeli official this is the easiest part of the prisoner release because the prisonerser deceased. it is a time they don't want their children to ever experience. atia avowi, al jazeera west bank. >> freafn year low full year growth in 2013 was 7.7%, slightly above the government's forecast for a 7.5% expansion. however the numbers indicate the slowest growth for world's second largest economy since 1999. >>> thai pol

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