Originating in the Middle East, the religion found a strong advocate in Constantine I, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.

基督教起源于中东地区，士坦丁一世是这个宗教坚定的拥护者。也是是一个皈依基督教的罗马皇帝。

But then, in the 4th century, the Roman emperor Constantine legalized Christianity, And Christians, if you haven't noticed, are real sticklers about the written word.

但后来，在4世纪，罗马皇帝士坦丁将基督教合法化，而基督徒，如果你还没注意到，对书面文字非常较真。

It is said that his successor, the Emperor Constantine, abandoned this struggle on the eve of a battle against his rival, Maxentius.

因为他的皇位继士坦丁，放弃了这场斗争。据说是士坦丁在戴克里先的一位前副皇帝马克森提会战前。

Constantius the second was challenged and eventually succeeded by his nephew Julian ruled 361 to 363 AD, better known as Julian the Apostate.

后来士坦丁二世帝位受到挑战，最终他的侄子朱安(361-363)继位统治罗马。们更熟悉“背教者朱安”。

They bear the inscriptions of the emperors Maximian and Constantine who ruled Rome more than 1600 years ago.

上面印有马克西米安和士坦丁大帝肖像，士坦丁曾在1600万多年前统治罗马。

It was Constantine's conversion at the battle of the Milvian Bridge that in fact made our floor possible.

米尔维安大桥战役时，士坦丁改变了对基督的态度，之后才可能有这样的地。

The original basilica built by Constantine in the fourth century was, by 1500, in danger of collapse.

大殿原本是四世纪时由士坦丁大帝建造的到十六世纪 早已几近坍塌。

Nearly two millennia later, the name is still used by royals such as King Constantine of Greece.

近两千年后，希腊国王士坦丁等皇室成员仍然使用这个名字。

In 312 AD Constantine and his troops stood at the Milvian Bridge just outside Rome preparing to attack the army of his bitter rival Maxentius.

312年，士坦丁率领军队站在罗马外的米尔维安桥上，准备进攻劲敌马克西密努斯。

On the nearby Arch of Constantine, an inscription bears the words, inspired by the divine.

在附近的士坦丁凯旋门上，有一段铭文，其内容受神启而作。

Constantine was emperor of the Roman and Greek world.

士坦丁是罗马和希腊世界的皇帝。

The gilt letters shone sternly into Lady Constantine's eyes; and she, being as impressionable as a turtle-dove, watched a certain one of those commandments on the second table, till its thunder broke her spirit with blank contrition.

镀金的字母严厉地映入士坦丁夫的眼中；她像斑鸠一样易受影响，注视着第二张桌子上的某条诫命，直到它的雷声以茫然的悔悟打破了她的精神。

As the political center of the Roman Empire shifted east, Constantine also tried to re-orient his new religion, Christianity, toward the east, holding the first Church council in Nicaea in 325.

随着罗马帝国的政治中心向东转移，士坦丁也试图将他的新宗教基督教重新定位于东方， 并于 325 年在尼西亚召开了第一次教会会议。

Constantine's a very common name, and so a lot of people probably do draw, fill in with their coloring crayons, icons of Constantine during church school growing up in such churches.

士坦丁是个非常常见的名字，所以很多在成长过程中上教会学校时，可能都会用彩色蜡笔给士坦丁的圣像上色。

Of course, it has always been true in Christianity from the early centuries, at least we've got, you know, from the fourth century when the Roman Empire under Constantine became Christian.

当然， 从早期几个世纪开始， 基督教就一直存在这种情况，至少从公元四世纪罗马帝国在士坦丁统治下成为基督教国家时起就是如此。

Around the time that the Roman Emperor Constantine died in 337, An Arab monarch named Imru al-Qais seems to have ruled from a base in what is today southern Syria.

公元337年罗马皇帝士坦丁去世前后，一位名叫伊姆鲁·盖斯的阿拉伯主似乎以今天叙亚南部为基地进行统治。

The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor).

12 月 25 日庆祝圣诞节的第一个记录日期是在 336 年， 在罗马皇帝士坦丁（他是第一位基督教罗马皇帝）时代。

In A.D. 330 Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Empire from Rome to Constantinople, the city he had founded at the approach to the Black Sea.

公元 330 年，士坦丁大帝将帝国的首都从罗马迁至他在黑海沿岸建立的城市士坦丁堡。

For a few years after his conversion, Constantine continued to show Sol Invictus on his coins and was only baptised a Christian on his deathbed in 337.

在他皈依后的几年里，士坦丁继续在钱币上展示不可征服的太阳神索尔， 直到337年临终之际才接受基督教洗礼。

Lady Constantine was far from explaining that this was not her meaning; and, after some further conversation of a purely technical nature, Mr. Cecil left her presence.

士坦丁夫远没有解释这不是她的意思；在进行了一些纯技术性的进一步交谈之后，塞西尔先生离开了她。