Answer:
In 380 CE, the emperor Theodosius issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which made Christianity, specifically Nicene Christianity, the official religion of the Roman Empire. Most other Christian sects were deemed heretical, lost their legal status, and had their properties confiscated by the Roman state.
Answer: Texas being admitted as a slave state.
At this time the U.S. was having a struggle of maintaining an equal balance between slave and free states. Texas joining the Union would mean an imbalance because Texas was a country with slaves and insisted on maintaining it.
