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Constantine I, aka Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from 306 to 337 CE. Realizing that the Roman Empire was too large for one man to adequately rule, Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE) split the empire into two, creating a tetrachy or rule of four. While he ruled the east from Nicomedia as an “augustus” with Galerius as his “caesar ...
Constantine (died September 411, Arelate, Viennensis [now Arles, France]) was a usurping Roman emperor who was recognized as coruler by the Western emperor Honorius in 409. Proclaimed emperor by his army in Britain in 407, Constantine crossed to the European continent with a force of British troops; by the end of the year he controlled eastern ...
Shortly after the defeat of Maxentius, Constantine met Licinius at Mediolanum (modern Milan) to confirm a number of political and dynastic arrangements. A product of this meeting has become known as the Edict of Milan, which extended toleration to the Christians and restored any personal and corporate property that had been confiscated during ...
Constantine the Great was a Roman Emperor from 306-337 CE. Constantine was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer, and his consort, Helena. His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west, in 293 CE. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under the emperors ...
Constantine I, or Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from 306 to 337 AD. Diocletian’s previous emperor decided to split the empire into two parts since it was too large to be ruled by one person, creating a tetrarchy or the rule of four. Diocletian ruled the east from Nicomedia as an “ Augustus, ” with Galerius as his “ Caesar.
Constantine the Great ruled as emperor of various parts of the Roman Empire from 306 until his death in 337. While he occupies a substantial place in history, it is difficult to evaluate him objectively due to the subjective nature of the surviving sources about him. These sources tend to either unequivocally celebrate his virtues or likewise ...
Born: February 27, 272 AD in Naissus, Serbia. Died: May 22, 337 AD in Nicomedia, Turkey. Best known for: Being the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity and establishing the city of Constantinople. Also known as: Constantine the Great, Constantine I, Saint Constantine. The Arch of Constantine in Rome.
