By the Edict of Milan in 313, Constantine and his joint-emperor Licinius had decriminalised Christianity. The state thus became officially neutral in regard to religion, though Christian priests were granted free travel throughout the empire, and had no tax obligations. After Constantine’s death in 337, his sons Constantine II and Constantius II then ruled as Christians. So when, on becoming emperor, Julian announced himself a pagan, and never again set foot in a Christian church, he was not disestablishing Christianity because it had never been established. The Christians of course, did not
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