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Explanation: The Roman Emperor Maxentius was the rival of the man who would become the first unambiguously Christian Emperor, Constantine. Constantine was very thorough in demonizing his rival after defeating him, and centuries of writers afterwards would denigrate him for the terrible sin of opposing Constantine.