They transformed peacetime industries into war industries.
Hope this helps. :)
Based on the map I've attached, I'd say that Christianity spread to
most of the Roman Empire by 476 AD. If you look at the map, you will see that before 325, there were some places in Spain and Italy mostly where Christianity existed, however, after that year, it only continued spreading throughout Europe, which mostly belonged to the Roman Empire at the time.
Yes it is true that an economic freedom can possibly be a personal freedom