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The Statue of Constantine the Great is a bronze statue depicting the Roman emperor Constantine I seated on a throne, commissioned by York Civic Trust and designed by the sculptor Philip Jackson. It was unveiled in 1998 and is situated on Minster Yard, outside York Minster.
After the war, York slowly regained its former pre-eminence in the North, and, by 1660, was the third-largest city in England after London and Norwich. In 1686 the Bar Convent was founded, in secret due to anti-catholic Laws, making it the oldest surviving convent in England. York elected two members to the Unreformed House of Commons.
A 2018 paper argues that the bust was remodelled from a statue of an earlier, deified emperor, probably Hadrian.It argues, through a re-analysis of the image, especially the use of the corona civica, granted to Constantine only after the civil war in Italy against Maxentius had come to an end, that this recarving occurred after AD 312 and not, as widely believed, at the moment of Constantine's ...
Constantine I [g] (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.
The Imperial court was based in York until at least 211, when Severus died and was succeeded by his sons, Caracalla and Geta. [18] A biographer, Cassius Dio, described a scene in which the Emperor utters the final words to his two sons on his death bed: "Agree with each other, make the soldiers rich, and ignore everyone else."
Scandinavian York (also referred to as Jórvík) or Danish/Norwegian York is a term used by historians for the south of Northumbria (modern-day Yorkshire) during the late 9th century and first half of the 10th century, when it was dominated by Norse warrior-kings; in particular, used to refer to York, the city controlled by these kings.
Constantine the Great (AD 272–337), Roman Emperor acclaimed in Eboracum (York) David Davis (born 1948) Frank Dobson (1940–2019) Richard Hotham (1722–1799) George Hudson (1800–1871) railway financier and politician. [9] Septimius Severus (193–211 in York), Roman Emperor. [10]
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, ... Roman Emperor Constantine the Great proclaimed Emperor at York in 306 AD. The Emperors Hadrian, ...