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Constantine was an emperor around the same time as the fall of the Roman Empire. It is slowly becoming known now that the Romans, and the Ancient Greeks from which the Romans gained much of their knowledge, were far more advanced than initially thought. Constantine, seeing the Roman empire crumble into decadence, considered the pursuit of material gains, and by association, advances in knowledge, a futile pursuit. He thought that all pursuit of happiness, knowledge or wealth was pointless, that the only world worth considering was the spiritual realm of "heaven". That the mortal life only existed to prepare us for the next, spiritual, life. He advocated a belief system which ultimately led to the Dark Ages. The Renaissance, which marked the beginning of our ascent from the Dark Ages, drew alot of inspiration from Ancient Greek and Roman libraries which had survived book burnings to still exist at that time. We know that Christianity said the world was flat, and that Galileo dispelled that myth amongst much persecution, but we also know now that the Ancient Greeks had similar knowledge millennia before. The legal system of Renaissance times, mathematics, even school curriculums are based on Roman and Greek systems that came back into use in the years preceding and during the Renaissance. We still use some of those systems today. It was in Constantine's time that Christianity rose from a small group of Cult factions to mainstream organised religions. His conversion to Christianity was one of those seemingly small historical occurrences that snowballed, laying the foundations for the Dark Ages ultimately halting our scientific development for the next thousand years. 
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RE: Walking
There's a small forest a kilometre outside Blessington - Glending. It's a loop walk, about 45 mins, so handy if you have a few hours free. No cyclists there, and an old hill fort at the top.