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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.
Feb 26, 2024 · The Edict of Milan ( Latin: [ Edictum Mediolanense] Error: { {Lang}}: text has italic markup ( help), Greek: Διάταγμα τῶν Μεδιολάνων, Diatagma tōn Mediolanōn) was the February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Constantine - 306-337AD. ClickView video, 50min. Constantine changed the course of world history by making Christianity the official state religion of Rome. He ruled for more than 30 years during which he ended the persecution of Christians and built countless churches.
Dec 31, 2018 · Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantine (c. 272 - 337), better known as Constantine the Great, was perhaps the most important person in the development of the early Christian Church (after Jesus and Paul, naturally). Constantine's defeat of Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge put him in a powerful position, but not one of supreme power.
Jun 11, 2005 · Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), commonly known in English as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians) Saint Constantine (/'kɒnstɛntaɪn/), was Roman Emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337.
Jun 11, 2020 · Constantine did not force his own version of Christianity on the Empire. While Nicaea did end in a vote against Arianism, when Constantine was baptized later in life, it was by an Arian. Constantine didn’t organize Christianity. Those bishops who attended the Council were already in place. Constantine didn’t have Jesus voted as God.
Constantine. Portrait head of Constantine I, marble, Roman, c. 325–370 ce; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Constantine and Licinius soon disputed among themselves for the empire. Constantine attacked his adversary for the first time in 316, taking the dioceses of Pannonia and Moesia from him. A truce between them lasted 10 ...