When I researched on Wikipedia (sorry guys), all I found was that the official Roman census ended around 22 CE. But a reading I'm doing on Constantine and the early Roman empire mentioned that Roman Census data that was lost will never be recovered. The only I have with the book is that it was a statement made in passing, so I'm not sure if it was just an assumption. Can anyone help me out?
Oh yeah, not sure if this is relevant but I'm writing a paper on the subject and all I'm looking to say is that Constantine had access to the census data, and he recognized that the exponential growth of Christianity could be an issue if he didn't embrace it. I'm using estimates from Rodney Stark that roughly estimate a forty percent increase in Christianity every half century. And I guess another question would be: Even if he didn't have the census data, would he still have a general grasp of the rapid growth of Christianity?