Fragment of a Marble Tomb Relief with Christ Giving the Law, late 300s

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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. ( x 134 x 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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License: Licensed
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