Finally, in the fourth century, Constantine, the first Christian emperor, stipulated that the killing of a slave would be punished in the same way as the killing of a free citizen. Yet this was already 300 years after similar provisions had been made by Guangwu.
西元四世紀，號稱羅馬第一位基督徒皇帝的康士坦丁明確規定殺害奴隸與殺害自由公民同罪同罰，西方法制史家公認他是最早將基督教義與精神帶進羅馬法律的人，比起漢光武帝的類似規定晚了三百年。