Constantine

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Constantine
Constantine
By Jon, Elise, Delvic, Madeline

• By Jon, Delvic,
• Madeline, Elise

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What did he do?

• 1st emperor to become Christian
• Regarded as a saint in Eastern Orthodox Church
• Christians were able to worship freely and their
  church was legal.
• Attacked his major rival in the western part of
  Rome and later told how he had a vision that if
  he fought under the cross he would win.
• He built the first Christian cathedral, The
  Catern Basilica in Rome

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Where/ When did he do it?

• Born February 27th, 285 A.D.
• Born in Naissus (Modern day Serbia)
• Died May 22nd 337 A.D. of an illness
• His rule lasted from 306 A.D. until death
• Rebuilt Byzantiun, renamed it Constantinople,
  made it his capital.
• Maxentius was his major rival he was the emperor
  of the west

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Who was he?

• Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus
• Son of Constantinus Chlorus and Helena
• Fausta, his first wife, had four sons
• Roman Emperor of the Western half of Rome
• Was one of Diocletians successors
• Was nicknamed Constantine the Great

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Chronology

• 285Constantine born at Naissus
• 293 his father Constantinus declared Caesar
• 306 Constantinus died at York
• 306 Constantine proclaimed emperor ended
  persecution of Christians
• 330 Constantinople formally dedicated
• 337 Constantine died

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• My own desire is, for the common good of the
  world and the advantage of all mankind, that the
  people should enjoy a life of peace and
  undisturbed concord.
• In this sign shall thou conquer
• Matched by none, in grace and beauty of form or
  in tallness and so surpassing his contemporary in
  personal strength that he struck