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3 days ago · Constantine was born in Naissus (today Niš, Serbia), part of the Dardania province of Moesia on 27 February, [29] c. AD 272. [30] His father was Flavius Constantius [j] an Illyrian who was born in the same region (then called Dacia Ripensis) [34] [35] [31] and a native of the province of Moesia. [36]
1 day ago · Flavius Julius Crispus was the eldest son of Constantine. The most likely year of his birth was 302 AD, while some historians suggest 305. He was born in the eastern regions of the Roman Empire, and his mother was Minervina. It has not been historically clarified whether Minervina was Constantine’s first official wife or his concubine.
May 21, 2024 · The Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine was Emperor of Rome in the 4th Century. A unifier and strong personality, he is perhaps most well-known in Western circles for granting religious tolerance to Christianity. He was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus on Feb. 27, 280, in Naissus, Moesia (in what is now Serbia).
6 days ago · Byzantine Constantinople was one of the most beautiful, crowded and mystical cities in history. Founded by Constantine the Great as the co-capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople was the heir to the Rome. In this article, I will tell a story that starts from 330, when Constantine founded the city, and continues until 1453, when ...
May 6, 2024 · The name refers to Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony and transit point that became the location of the Byzantine Empire’s capital city, Constantinople. Inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire would have self-identified as Romaioi, or Romans.
May 6, 2024 · Hagia Sophia, place of worship built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is considered to be the most important Byzantine structure in the world and one of the world’s great monuments.
6 days ago · According to modern theories, Christianity became established in the third century, before Constantine, paganism did not end in the fourth century, and imperial legislation had only limited effect before the era of the Eastern emperor Justinian I (reign 527 to 565).
