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Annotation. The most important record that remains of Constantine’s life is a biography written shortly after his death by the historian and Christian bishop Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. 263–339 ?), a close adviser to Constantine. As Constantine’s friend and an official in the Church, Eusebius expressed a particular point of view in his ...
Overview. Professor Freedman examines how Christianity came to be the official religion of the Roman Empire. This process began seriously in 312, when the emperor Constantine converted after a divinely inspired victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. Constantine’s conversion would have seemed foolish as a political strategy since ...
Best Answer. Constantine was not known for having weaknesses. he was a good general who became ole emperor by winning two civil wars. He was adept at Propaganda. He was ruthless with his ...
Dec 15, 2023 · Alongside Crispus the son of the eastern Augustus, Licinius, and Constantine’s eldest son by Fausta, Constantine II, were also afforded the rank of Caesar. Here we see Constantine beginning to stack the imperial deck of cards in favor of his blood relations. He would eventually remove Licinius in 324 CE and add the eastern provinces to his ...
Philip Matyszak evaluates the achievements of the man seen as the first modern European. Only one Roman emperor is called ‘the Great’, and that emperor is Constantine. Today we mostly associate Constantine with the Christianisation of his empire, yet even if he had remained steadfastly pagan, Constantine would still deserve his title.
Aug 19, 2023 · When Diocletian and the other senior emperor (Maximian) abdicated there were power struggles in the empire. When Constantius Chlorus (Constantine's father) who had been a Caesar and then became an Augustus, died a year later Constantine wanted the become the Augustus of the western part of the Roman Empire. However, he was appointed as only a ...
Jul 12, 2023 · Although by the 350s Christians believed that the True Cross on which Christ was thought to have been crucified had been discovered, in 395 Ambrose of Milan first reported that Constantine's mother, Helena, was responsible for its excavation (De obitu Theodosii 43-47), and only a few years later Rufinus of Aquileia (Historia eremitica 10.7-8 ...
