How did Rome become the centre of Christianity?
After the death of Christ, Christianity spread throughout the empire, and was persecuted less and less, until in 312 AD, the roman emporer Constantine converted to Christianity, due to his belief that Jesus had helped him win a battle over a political rival. During meetings with a different rival, Licinius, he secured tolerance for Christians throughout the entire empire. During his reign, he completely changed the make-up of the empire. For example, one of his edicts was that all government posts could only be held by Christians. After his death, the Emporer Juilian renouced Christianity, but by then it was too entrenched, and slowly percolated throughout the empire. After that point, most large cities had a Bishop, which were theoretically equal. However, Rome, being the largest city, was sort of the first among equals. This was because Rome was still a center of the Empire. Trade, science, ideas; it all passed through Rome, and Rome was the seat of the Emporer, the seat of political
