Christian Conversions

Both Prince Vladimir and Constantine converted their empires to Christianity. This had a large impact on not only both empires, but Christianity itself. Both conversions were a large part of the spread of Christianity. Prince Vladimir believed that he needed to use religion to keep his people tame so he sent out people to test all religions around his empire. He believed Christianity was the best choice because he did not disagree with any major points of it like he did with other religions. Constantine declared himself a Christian at age 42 although he was introduced to it as a child. He believed that Christianity and God brought him success and thought it would do the same for the empire.