Constantine I

American  

[kon-stuhn-teen, -tahyn] / ˈkɒn stənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn /

noun

1. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinusthe Great, a.d. 288?–337, Roman emperor 324–337: named Constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned Christian worship.

2. 1868–1923, king of Greece 1913–17, 1920–22.

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Constantine I British  

/ ˈkɒnstənˌtaɪn, -ˌtiːn /

noun

1. known as Constantine the Great. Latin name Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus. ?280–337 _ad , first Christian Roman emperor (306–337): moved his capital to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (330)

2. 1868–1923, king of Greece (1913–17; 1920–22): deposed (1917), recalled by a plebiscite (1920), but forced to abdicate again (1922) after defeat by the Turks

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Other Word Forms

• Constantinian
  adjective
• post-Constantinian
  adjective