Emperor Constantine recently made waves in the twitter sphere when he tweeted about his disapproval of the new symbol of Christ.

“How am I supposed to paint this on a shield?” he said, included with a picture of the resurrected Christ under an arch.

After Constantine attributed his landmark victory at the Battle of Milvian Bridge to divine intervention, the Roman population was ensured of the new Augustus’ piety.  Constantine claimed to have seen a vision of God before his history-making defeat of rival emperor Maxentius. Because of this vision, Constantine had his entire army paint the symbol of Christ on their shields.

But the symbol of Christ used to be much easier to recreate.

When our European correspondent reached out to Constantine for comment, this is what he had to say:

“Yeah, it was great that Jesus helped me beat Maxentius, and I won’t ever persecute Christians like my successor did. But this new symbol of the resurrected Christ coming out of the tomb is way too complicated for a bunch of legionaries to paint. I mean, these guys are mostly like uneducated provincials who can’t even read. Anyone can paint two lines or a chi-rho, but you can’t honestly expect some grunts to reproduce a great work of art.”

Constantine refused to comment on whether or not he would finally be baptized, though he has promised the missionaries in Constantinople that he’ll quit drinking wine by the end of the year.