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Before the time of the persecutions, as well as in the intervals between them, Christians living in imperial cities used either converted private homes (domus ecclesiae) or new purpose-built structures as places of worship. After the edict of Constantine and Maxentius in 313 defining Christianity as equal to other religions, Christian churches acquired specific characteristics and gradually became centers of social and economic activity, playing an important role in the lives of cities and their inhabitants.