When Constantine came to the purple contemporary authors had much to say about him.
He was young, exciting and already a great general in that he was capable of leading his army to victory.
What many don't seem to realise is that when you have a military win you kill.
The Romans were mass killers of many as they raided and invaded countries and wiped out kings and their followers at will.
This involved the murder of women and children attached to the defeated ruler.
Even their statues were obliterated.
The new emperor was no exception to this form of take over and conquest.
His entry into Rome some time later was over the bodies of Maxentius and his army, all eradicated at the Milvian Bridge outside the city walls.
His triumphant march into the city was hailed by those who could see no wrong in what their general king was doing.
They still could see no wrong in him when he defeated Licinius with the help of his eldest son Crispus, whom he had raised to the purple for that purpose.
But then the new Caesar was a threat to his sole rule so he was murdered along with his family and mother, Faustus, Constantine's wife.
The brutality of the man is rarely spoken of unless it is excused and watered down to serve another agenda.
Soon after he was rid of Crispus Constantine established the Roman Catholic Church and used the so-called prophet, Jesus Christ, as its focus.
His aim was to allow the religion the power to rule the people and he gave the bishops power over life and death of dissenters.
That was something they maintained until recent times.
The bible calls Constantine by a number, 666, and by other names, such as the Assyrian, the Amorite and the Son of Perdition.
Unless and until the facts of his activities are brought to the fore the organisation he put in place will continue in the role he gave it while continuing to engage in his conspiracy.