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

Example Sentences

In the 1930s, 14 gold coins dating to the reign of Constantine I, a Roman emperor who reigned from 306 to 337 AD, were also found in the area, El País says.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2022

Mr. Simsek dates the construction of the church to between 313 and 320 A.D., immediately after the Edict of Milan, by which Emperor Constantine I of Rome legalized Christianity in the year 313.

From New York Times • May 4, 2011

The show spanned eleven centuries, from the reign of Constantine I to the killing of the last Constantine by his Moslem conquerors in 1453.

From Time Magazine Archive

Testified Constantine: "I promised Tassoula I would not touch her."

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither was it intimated that Constantine I, King of Greece, would abdicate in favor of his son, Prince Alexander, as he did in the following June, under pressure, because of his sympathy for Germany.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly