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…showed last 75 words of 386 total…two centuries saw it become a mockery of its former greatness. The empire collapsed after 1123 years of triumph. Christianity grew from a small group of believers with a crucified leader to being one of the few to survive the fall of the Roman Empire. Constantine declared Constantinople to be the first Christian capital and himself the thirteenth apostle. Christianity was based in Rome on a spiritual force that would bridge the classical and modern worlds.