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  Constantine the Great, c.274-337
The Roman emperor, Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, or Constantine I, was born at Naissus, in Upper Moesia.
Constantine joined his father, who ruled in the west, at Boulogne on the expedition against the Picts, and before Constantinus died (306) he proclaimed his son his successor.
Constantine was now sole emperor of the west; and by the death of Galerius in 311 and of Maximin in 313, Licinius became sole emperor of the east.
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  Constantine the Great - All About Turkey
In 324 A.D., after a long and bloody battle, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great defeated his final rival Licinius in the hills near Byzantium (Istanbul).
Constantine was not only the first Christian Emperor, but he was the greatest of all Roman Emperors.
His great city and Empire lasted until 1453 when it was conquered by the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II.
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  Constantine the Great - MSN Encarta
Constantine the Great was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus at Niš, in what is now Serbia and Montenegro, son of the commander Constantius Chlorus (later Constantius I) and Helena (later Saint Helena), a camp follower.
Constantine’s adherence to this faith is evident from his claim of having had a vision of the sun god in 310 while in a grove of Apollo in Gaul.
Constantine the Great unified a tottering empire, reorganized the Roman state, and set the stage for the final victory of Christianity at the end of the 4th century.
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 Constantine
Constantine however was that suspicious of this sudden change of heart by Galerius, that he took extensive precautions on his journey to Britain.
Constantine's reign was that of a hard, utterly determined and ruthless man. Nowhere did this show more than when in AD 326, on suspicion of adultery or treason, he had his own eldest son Crispus executed.
In AD 333 Constantine's fourth son Constans was raised to the rank of Caesar, with in the clear intent to groom him, alongside his brothers, to jointly inherit the empire.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Constantine I
Lactantius, whom Constantine appointed tutor of his son Crispus [[11]] and who therefore must have been close to the imperial family, reports that during the night before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Constantine was commanded in a dream to place the sign of Christ on the shields of his soldiers.
Constantine convened a synod of bishops to hear the complaint; the synod met in Rome's Lateran Council and is known as the Synod of Rome.
"Constantine's Epistle to the Bishops at the Council of Arles: A Defense of Imperial Authorship." JRH 17 (1993) 274-89.
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 Constantine the Great
As a young military commander, Constantine was a pagan but, while marching south through Italy, he claimed to have had a vision of the Christian "chi-rho" sign across the face of the sun, with the message, In this sign you will conquer.
Although it can be effectively argued that Constantine's faith was a matter of political convenience rather than a spark of faith, it cannot be argued that Christianity became well established into the culture of society during his rule, and throughout most of the remainder of the history of the Roman empire.
Just as Constantine had tried to dictate matters of doctrine at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325, the emperors were prone to meddling in church affairs, seeking to bend and to twist Christian doctrine to their convenience.
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 Rome Unleashed - Constantine the Great
Constantine used his power to promote Christianity, the religion that he adopted after he saw a vision of a cross while fighting the battle at the Milvian Bridge.
Constantine took interest in the church, by participating on church councils at Arles in 314 and Nicaea in 325.
Constantine strengthened the security of the empire (especially along the Danube) and he reformed the army by separating the frontier units from the mobile field army.
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 Constantine the Great - OrthodoxWiki
Equal to the Apostles Emperor Saint Constantine the Great (February 27, 272-May 22, 337) was proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306 and ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire to his death.
Constantine was well educated and served at the court of Diocletian in Nicomedia as a kind of hostage after the appointment of his father Constantius, a general, as one of the two Caesars (at that time a junior emperor), in the Tetrarchy in 293.
Though the document called the "Donation of Constantine" was proved a forgery (though not until the 15th century, when the stories of Constantine's conversion were long-established "facts") it was attributed as documenting the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity for centuries.
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 Constantine the Great
Constantine moved his capital to Byzantium on the Bosporus in 330, renaming it Constantinople (now Istanbul).
Constantine was born at Naissus (Niš, Serbia and Montenegro), the son of Constantius.
Constantine increased the autocratic power of the emperor, issued legislation to tie the farmers and workers to their crafts in a sort of caste system, and enlisted the support of the Christian church.
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 Constantine The Great
Constantine believed his success in his life was due to his profession of faith in Christianity and that he was “God’s chosen instrument” to bring peace and prosperity to all lands, and “Bishop to those outside the church”.
Constantine had his first son, as well as Fausta slain when he discovered that she was in fact conspiring to aid her eldest son in gaining the throne.
Constantine was finally baptized in the church by Eusebius after he fell ill at Helenopolis, and soon after died in the year 337.
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 Great Buildings Online - Master Buildings List 2007.0524
Great Mosque, by unknown, at Kairawan, Tunisia, 820 to 836.
Great Mosque of Damascus, by unknown, at Damascus, Syria, 706 to 715.
Great Stupa at Sanchi, by unknown, at central India, -200 to 200.
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 Constantine the Great - OrthodoxWiki
Equal to the Apostles Emperor Saint Constantine the Great (February 27, 272-May 22, 337) was proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306 and ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire to his death.
Constantine was well educated and served at the court of Diocletian in Nicomedia as a kind of hostage after the appointment of his father Constantius, a general, as one of the two Caesars (at that time a junior emperor), in the Tetrarchy in 293.
Though the document called the "Donation of Constantine" was proved a forgery (though not until the 15th century, when the stories of Constantine's conversion were long-established "facts") it was attributed as documenting the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity for centuries.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Constantine the Great
Constantine, having the most efficient army, was acknowledged as such by Galerius, who was fighting against Maximinus in the East, as well as by Licinius.
Constantine's statues, proclaimed him a tyrant, the latter saw that war was inevitable.
Constantine issued no direct prohibition of exposure, although the Christians regarded exposure as equal to murder; he commanded, instead, that foundlings should belong to the finder, and did not permit the parents to claim the children they had exposed.
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 Constantine the Great
After his victory over Licinius, Constantine declared himself a Christian, which he had not done before; and he used to attend the services of the Church very regularly, and to stand all the time that the bishops were preaching, however long their sermons might be.
Constantine, therefore, only made laws against some of its worst practices, and forbade any sacrifices to be offered in the name of the empire; but he did not hinder the heathens from sacrificing on their own account if they liked.
Constantine used his influence with the king of Persia, whose name was Sapor, to obtain good treatment for the Christians of that country; and the Gospel continued to make progress there.
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 Constantine the Great   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Constantine, who had shown military talent in the East, joined his father in Britain in 306.
In 312, on the eve of a battle against Maxentius, his rival in Italy, Constantine is reported to have dreamed that Christ appeared to him and told him to inscribe the first two letters of his name (XP in Greek) on the shields of his troops.
Constantine intervened in ecclesiastical affairs to achieve unity; he presided over the first ecumenical council of the church at Nicaea in 325.
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 Constantine the Great-- History and Coins
Constantine was “matched by none in grace and beauty of form, or in tallness, and so surpassing his contemporaries in personal strength that he struck terror into them.” - Eusebius.
Constantine was one of the most (if not the most) influential of the Roman emperors, and his actions and deeds are still affecting people to this day.
added material to the Symbolism page about Philip, the first "Christian Emperor," and material to the Commemorative page about how Constantine was able to defeat the superior naval forces of Licinius, and on the Barbarous VLPP page added material about the Germanic adoption of the VLPP helmet.
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 Constantine the Great
Constantine the Great was Emperor of the Roman Empire from AD 306 until his death at about the age of 57 in AD 337.
Constantine was first dragged into church issues in 313, when members of the Donatist sect asked him to mediate their dispute with the Church.
Constantine the Great is a saint in the Eastern Church, but not in the Western Church.
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 Arch of Constantine - Rome, Italy - Great Buildings Online
Poster Image - Arch of Constantine, Close-up of Columns, Corner, and Mouldings
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 The Life and Times of Constantine the Great   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Discerning Constantine and his peers in such a manner, even when something may be based on the primary literature at hand, is pure speculation.
Constantine is called “The Great.” Despite the self-serving praise bestowed on their benevolent benefactor by a sycophantic Church, Constantine’s achievements entitle him to the sobriquet.
The book is subtitled “The First Christian Emperor.” Constantine’s links to the rising world of Christianity since childhood are explored, and the controversies of the Church during his reign are given several chapters.
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 Learn Essays about Constantine the Great
Constantine the Great was born around the year 274 AD in what is now Serbia.
Constantine the Great was one of the greatest Roman emperors because of his belief of Christianity, his construction of the city of Constantinople for the Roman Empire which is presently Istanbul, and his victory against Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
Constantine was a great attribute to the Christian community.
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 New Catholic Dictionary: Constantine the Great
Son of a Roman officer, Constantius, and Saint Helena, Constantine attended the court of Diocletian and later fought under Galerius, the Eastern Emperor.
On the resignation of Diocletian and Maximian (305), Constantius was made emperor but died in 306, and Constantine was raised to the dignity of Cæsar, by the army in Britain.
Constantine, now sole emperor, transferred his capital to Constantinople, and devoted himself to promoting the moral, economical, and political welfare of the empire.
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 Christianity: Constantine the Great
Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
Constantine was born in Nis, which is now Serbia.
Constantine ended the persecution of Christians by issuing the Edict of Milan, which ordered the people to live peacefully with Christians in the Roman Empire.
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 Constantine The Great
The figure of Constantine the Great is at least as cardinal in history as that of Alexander the Great or Augustus Caesar.
He made a great effort to reconcile these differences in order to have one uniform and harmonious teaching in the community, and at his initiative a general council of the Church was held at Nie ea, a town near Nicomedia and over against Constantinople, in 325.
One is tempted to imagine the great emperor, deeply anxious for the soul of his empire, firmly resolved to end these divisions, bending towards his interpreters to ask them the meaning of the uproar.
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 Constantine the Great and Christianity
At the onset of the 4th century, Constantine the Great (or Constantine I) ascended the throne.
Constantine the Great was born Flavius Valerius Constantius around 274 A.D. His father, Constantius, was an ambitious army officer.
When Constantine the Great was just a teenager, his father left him and Helena in order to marry Theodora.
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 Constantine The Great
Constantine’s wife, Fausta, had accused Constantine’s eldest son, Crispus of adultery with her and plotting to seize the throne.
When Constantine discovered Fausta lied to him, he had her suffocated or boiled alive in her bath by slowing running up the temperature of the water.
Constantine was baptized on his deathbed, and was the 1st Roman Emperor to receive the Christian Faith.
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 Building Blocks of Early British History
This produced the result that many of the fledgling churches were put on a very firm financial footing and many of their members enjoyed great prosperity.
Early Christianity had no official hierarchies and functioned best as a series of small church groups worshipping with and caring for their own members while spreading the Gospel in their local areas.
Constantine's move created a top-heavy structure that would quickly depart from its original purity; a church beholden to the state, out of touch with the needs of its adherents and concerned only with its own comfort.
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