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    Constantine I (Latin: Flavius Valerius Constantinus; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306...
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    During the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great (306–337 AD), Christianity began to transition to the dominant religion of the Roman Empire...
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    Niš Constantine the Great Airport (Serbian: Аеродром Константин Велики Ниш/Aerodrom Konstantin Veliki Niš) (IATA: INI, ICAO: LYNI), located 4 km (2.5 mi)...
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    definitive end of the Eastern Roman Empire, which traced its origin to Constantine the Great's foundation of Constantinople as the Roman Empire's new...
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    When Constantine the Great came to power in 306, he worked to stop the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. However, this led to a large split...
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  • Look up Constantine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Constantine most often refers to: Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known...
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    was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was born in the lower classes traditionally in the city of Drepanon...
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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...
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    The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly...
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    The Religious policies of Constantine the Great have been called "ambiguous and elusive.": 120  Born in 273 during the Crisis of the Third Century (AD...
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    popularity stems from the thirteen Roman and Byzantine emperors, beginning with Constantine the Great. The names are the Latin equivalents of the Bulgarian name...
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    The Helmet of Constantine was a form of helmet worn by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, now lost, which featured in his imperial iconography. According...
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    Emperor Constantine the Great. Located somewhat inland, Constantine is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the Mediterranean coast, on the banks of the Rhumel...
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    stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi. The Chi-Rho symbol was used by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (r. 306–337 AD) as part of a...
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    became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late...
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    The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome dedicated to the emperor Constantine the Great. The arch was commissioned...
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    emperor Constantine the Great (c. 280–337), commissioned by himself, which originally occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius on the Via Sacra...
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    empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, during her visit to the Holy Land in 325. Other locations have been suggested: in the 19th century, Protestant...
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    Constantine the Great. The museum also holds fragments from an acrolithic Colossus of Constantine, an even larger marble statue once erected in the Basilica...
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    is named after its most famous member, Constantine the Great, who became the sole ruler of the empire in 324. The dynasty is also called Neo-Flavian because...
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    The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October AD 312. It takes its name from the Milvian...
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    claimed descent from Constantine the Great. What turns a "usurper" into a "legitimate" emperor is typically that they managed to gain the recognition of a...
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  • was the original name given by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great to his new imperial capital in 330 CE, which was built as an expansion of the city...
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    Praetorian Guard (category 4th-century disestablishments in the Roman Empire)
    successor as the new caesar of Rome. In AD 312, Constantine the Great disbanded the cohortes praetoriae and destroyed their barracks at the Castra Praetoria...
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    Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met in Mediolanum (modern-day...
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    The Head of Constantine the Great, York is the only surviving fragment of larger, marble statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. It was found...
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    commemorating the dedication of Constantinople by Roman emperor Constantine the Great on 11 May 330 AD. Completed c. 328 AD, it is the oldest Constantinian...
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    also father of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome. The nickname "Chlorus" (‹See Tfd›Greek: Χλωρός, lit. "the Pale") was first...
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    Constantine the Great's (272–337) relationship with the four Bishops of Rome during his reign is an important component of the history of the Papacy,...
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    imperial title. The following list starts with Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor, who rebuilt the city of Byzantium as an imperial capital...
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