The decorative periods . which Greek artists worked and the immense size of the build-ings that were demanded by the world-conquerors created adistinctive Roman—or Graeco-Roman—architecture and orna-ment. With the spread of Christianity it became transformedinto Christian Roman (Mediaeval Roman or Byzantine) art, whosemost famous periods are those of Constantine, who adoptedChristianity as the State religion of the Roman Empire andremoved the capital of the Empire to Constantinople and ofJustinian (527-565 A. D.).. The Decorative Periods 63

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