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Leaf from an ivory diptych of Areobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus, consul in Constantinople, 506. First, the Edict of Milan, issued by the emperors Constantine I and Licinius in 313, allowed for public Christian worship, and led to the event of a monumental, Christian art. Second, the dedication of Constantinople in 330 created an excellent new inventive centre for the eastern half of the Empire, and a specifically Christian one. Other creative traditions flourished in rival cities corresponding to Alexandria, Antioch, and Rome, but it was not till all of those cities had fallen – the first two to the Arabs and… Read More