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Observance-Sundays

Roman Empire · House / House of Constantine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Constantine I the Great7 March 321

House / House of Constantine

Constantine orders judges, urban populations, and many trades to rest on the venerable day of the Sun, establishing an empire-wide Sunday rest law.

Names involved

Constantine I the Great

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