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Constantine I [g] (Latin: Flavius Valerius Constantinus; 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.
Constantine's decision to cease the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire was a turning point for early Christianity, sometimes referred to as the Triumph of the Church, the Peace of the Church or the Constantinian shift. In 313, Constantine and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan decriminalizing Christian
An image of Constantine, subject of Life of Constantine. Life of Constantine the Great (Ancient Greek: Βίος Μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου, romanized: Bios Megalou Kōnstantinou; Latin: Vita Constantini) is a panegyric written in Greek in honor of Constantine the Great by Eusebius of Caesarea in the 4th century AD.
Constantine was born in June 1940 in Athens to Prince Paul, the younger brother of Greece's King George II, and Princess Federica of Hanover. Prince Philip was his uncle. Soon, the Greek royals ...
The arch, which was constructed between 312 and 315, was dedicated by the Senate to commemorate ten years (a decennia [b]) of Constantine's reign (306–337) and his victory over the then reigning emperor Maxentius (306–312) at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge on 28 October 312, [4] as described on its attic inscription, [5] and officially opened on 25 July 315.
In 357, the relics of the Apostle Andrew were solemnly transferred from Patras to the newly built Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, where they were placed next to the relics of St. Luke, St. Timothy of Ephesus and the coffin of Constantine the Great (from the time of Constantine's burial until the 11th century, the Church of the ...
ROME (Reuters) -The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday. In a statement to ...
Constantine the Great, a sculpture by Philip Jackson in York. The Religious policies of Constantine the Great have been called "ambiguous and elusive." [1]: 120 Born in 273 during the Crisis of the Third Century (AD 235–284), Constantine the Great was thirty at the time of the Great Persecution. He saw his father become Augustus of the West ...