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Constantine I, often known as Constantine the Great, was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He ruled from 306 to 337 CE. Before being summoned back to the west to battle alongside his father in Britain, he began his career by conducting campaigns in the eastern provinces (against barbarians and the Persians).
Jul 12, 2023 · Constantine the Great (285-337) played a crucial role in mediating between the pagan, imperial past of the city of Rome, which he conquered in 312, and its future as a Christian capital. In this learned and highly readable book, Ross Holloway examines Constantine's remarkable building programme in Rome.
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Aug 20, 2020 · One, if not the, defining moment in the triumph of Christianity was the conversion in 312 of Constantine, the first emperor to embrace Christianity, who merits our attention at the end of the chapter. The extent to which his conversion contributed to Christianity’s success has been much debated by historians.
Nov 6, 2017 · Constantine was one of the most influential of all the emperors of Rome. His reign marked a definite turning point in the history of the empire, which would never be the same again. He must also be counted as the last “great” emperor of Rome. Nobody who followed was of anything like the same quality.
Constantine I (Latin: Flavius Valerius Constantinus; Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, romanized: Konstantinos; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, and the first to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea (now Niš, Serbia), he was the son of Flavius Constantius, a Roman army officer of ...
United States. James Carroll's Constantine's Sword, or Constantine's Sword, is a 2007 premised documentary film on the relationship between the Catholic Church and Jews. Directed and produced by Oscar -nominated filmmaker Oren Jacoby, the film is inspired by former priest James P. Carroll 's 2001 book Constantine's Sword. [1] [2]
Location. Constantine's Bridge. Constantine's Bridge ( Latin: Pons per Danuvium Ductus, [4] Bulgarian: Константинов мост, Konstantinov most; Romanian: Podul lui Constantin cel Mare) was a Roman bridge over the Danube used to reconquer Dacia. It was completed in 328 AD and remained in use for four decades. [5]
