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4 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.
- 25 July 306 – 22 May 337
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4 days ago · For example, in 341, Constantine's son Constantius II enacted legislation forbidding pagan sacrifices in Roman Italy. In 356, he issued two more laws forbidding sacrifice and the worship of images, making them capital crimes, as well as ordering the closing of all temples.
May 2, 2024 · When Constans died in 350, however, Constantius II, as sole emperor of the Roman Empire, became more oppressive to the Nicaeans and their leader Athanasius. During these years the Council of Arles in 353 and the Council of Milan in 355 renewed the condemnation against Athanasius, again forcing him into exile.
5 days ago · Ancient historians initially differed concerning the precise date of Rome’s foundation, ranging from as early as 814 bc (Timaeus) to as late as 728 bc (Cincius Alimentus). By the end of the republic, it was generally accepted that Rome had been founded in 753 bc and that the republic had begun in 509 bc.
Apr 19, 2024 · Roman Republic, the ancient state centered on the city of Rome that began in 509 BCE, when the Romans replaced their monarchy with elected magistrates, and lasted until 27 BCE, when the Roman Empire was established. It expanded through conquest and colonization and became a major power of the ancient world.
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May 4, 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).
In modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
