In your opinion, did the use of iconography appropriated from roman pagan images facilitate or slow the progress of christianity? do you think it is possible that roman authorities did not recognize the pagan images appropriated for christian iconography? how did this shift within the byzantine period?

The use of iconography (studies the identification, description, and the interpretation of images) appropriated from Roman pagan images simplified the progress of Christianity. Likewise, I think it is not conceivable that Roman authorities did not distinguish the pagan images assumed for Christian iconography.