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Christian History And Statue Analysis

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What does statue and the other a mosaic say about Constantine, and his place in Roman history and Christian history?
When I look at the statue and I read the Wikipedia description, I realize the full statue was huge. The police officer who shot Mike Brown was recorded as saying Mike Brown appeared like a "super human" to him. Mike Brown was big, but not as big as this statue yet the police officer stated he feared for his life.
I am sure when the people saw the statue of Constantine it was meant to invoke fear and awe. The head shows a very chiseled face. When I think of a modern day face like Constantine I think about Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) of the Rocky movies. The character Rocky could take a punch and still get back up.

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