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Constantine’s Empire

Constantine’s Empire follows Brandulf Rex, a Germanic soldier drawn into Roman intelligence work, and Junia Flavia, a senator’s daughter committed to the Christian church, from the civil war of AD 312 into the political and religious upheavals of the mid-320s. Their lives intersect with Constantine’s campaigns against Maxentius and Licinius, the growth of imperial support for Christianity, and a court attempting to govern an empire divided by loyalty, region and belief.

The trilogy combines military adventure, romance and Christian historical fiction. Rather than treating Rome’s religious change as a single conversion, it follows soldiers, aristocrats, bishops and ordinary worshippers as a formerly persecuted church gains access to imperial power. Rex and Flavia’s changing relationship provides the continuing story, while each novel examines a different stage of Constantine’s rise and the contested remaking of Roman public life.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

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#1 – The Conqueror

Bryan M. Litfin

AD 312. Brandulf Rex, a young Germanic warrior serving on the Rhine frontier, is recruited as a speculator—part scout, courier and covert agent—for Constantine’s army. In Rome, Junia Flavia conceals her Christian commitment within the household of a senator while Maxentius’s government treats the church as…

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#2 – Every Knee Shall Bow

Bryan M. Litfin

AD 316. Imperial persecution has formally ended, but the Roman church remains divided and vulnerable. Bishop Sylvester sends Flavia from her convent to obtain Constantine’s support for two ambitious projects: the construction of major churches and the production of an authorised collection of Christian scriptures. Rex,…

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#3 – Caesar’s Lord

Bryan M. Litfin

By the 320s, Rex and Flavia are married and living in Alexandria, hoping to remain outside the court struggles that have shaped their lives. Constantine’s final war with Licinius recalls Rex to military service, while Flavia’s grief over childlessness leaves her vulnerable to promises associated with…