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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. Photo by Adrian Pingstone.
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Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea (now Niš, Serbia), he was the son of Flavius Constantius, a Roman army officer of Illyrian origin who had been one of the four rulers of the Tetrarchy. His mother, Helena, was a Greek woman of low birth and a Christian. Later canonized as a saint, she is traditionally attributed with the conversion of her son. Co...
Upon his ascension, Constantine enacted numerous reforms to strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, separating civil and military authorities. To combat inflation, he introduced the solidus, a new gold coin that became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. The Roman army was reorganised to...
Constantine reunited the empire under one emperor, and he won major victories over the Franks and Alamanni in 306–308, the Franks again in 313–314, the Goths in 332, and the Sarmatians in 334. By 336, he had reoccupied most of the long-lost province of Dacia which Aurelian had been forced to abandon in 271. At the time of his death, he was planning...
Remains of the luxurious residence palace of Mediana, erected by Constantine I near his birth town of NaissusPorphyry bust of the Emperor GaleriusModern bronze statue of Constantine I in York, England, near the spot where he was proclaimed Augustusin 306The portrait of Constantine on a Roman coin; the inscription around the portrait is "Constantinus Aug[ustus]"Constantine the Great was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. He ruled from 306 C.E. until his death in 337 C.E. Constantine the Great was responsible for giving new life to the city of Byzantium, which is present-day Istanbul, Turkey. During his reign known as New Rome, Constantine the Great renamed the city
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Emperor Galerius tried to kill Constantine by putting him in dangerous situations. In 306 AD, Constantine was named Emperor of the western Roman Empire. Galerius disputed Constantine as Emperor and this started a civil war. Constantine dreamed that the Christian god said he would have his support in a battle against a huge army to win the Empire.
Oct 4, 2023 · 10 min read. Constantine the Great, also known as Flavius Valerius Constantinus, was a pivotal figure in Roman history, and his legacy continues to shape our world today. He is best known for his role in converting the Roman Empire to Christianity and establishing the Byzantine Empire.
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.
Hirmer Fotoarchiv, Munich. ( ad 280?–337). Two important events marked the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome. He made Christianity a lawful religion in Roman society, and he founded the city of Constantinople, the brilliant capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
