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2 days ago · Constantine I (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. [h] He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Christianity in Rome, decriminalizing Christian practice and ceasing Christian persecution in a period ...
5 days ago · Bronze statue of Constantine the Great in York, England near the spot where he was proclaimed Augustus in 306. Credit Chabe01 Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0. Constantine the Great was one of the most important figures of Byzantium and Christianity, yet there is a dark chapter in the emperor’s reign that historians cannot fathom.
5 days ago · In 351 Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem, wrote to the Emperor Constantius II that a heavenly sign revealed the hiding place of the Cross, during the reign of Constantius’ father, Constantine (no mention is made of his grandmother).
5 days ago · The first building, known as the “Great Church”, was built in the center of Constantinople, next to the imperial palace, and was consecrated in 360 CE during the reign of emperor Constantius II, son of Constantine the Great. In 404, during the riots, the “Great Church” perished in the flames.
5 days ago · It is a 1066 and all that reading of history, which has turned Manuel II into the last great Byzantine emperor, John VIII into a bad thing, and Constantine XI into a doomed hero. It is also a reading, which reflects the sources.
1 day ago · e. Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814. He united most of Western and Central ...
1 day ago · Constantius, his third son and the second by his wife Fausta (Maximian's daughter) received the eastern provinces, including Constantinople, Thrace, Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Cyrenaica; Constantine II received Britannia, Gaul, Hispania, and Mauretania; and Constans, initially under the supervision of Constantine II, received Italy, Africa ...
