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→Constantine's Legal Standards
*A prisoner was no longer to be kept in total darkness, but must be given the outdoors and daylight.
*A condemned man was allowed to die in the arena, but he could not be branded on his "heavenly beautifed" face, just on the feet.
*Parents caught allowing (or soliciting?) their daughters to be seduced were to have molten [[lead]] poured down their throats. *[[Gladiator|Gladiatorial games]] were ordered to be eliminated in [[325]], although this had little real effect.
*A slave master's rights were limited, but a slave could still be beaten to death.
*Criminals were still to be [[Crucifixion|crucified]] and put on display, to show there was Roman law and justice, until [[337]].
*[[Easter]] could be publicly celebrated.
''(MacMullen 1969, New Catholic Encyclopedia 1908)''
