Constantine I
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Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinusthe Great, a.d. 288?–337, Roman emperor 324–337: named Constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned Christian worship.
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1868–1923, king of Greece 1913–17, 1920–22.
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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)
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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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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
Testified Constantine: "I promised Tassoula I would not touch her."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
These household troops were the scholarians, organized by Constantine I when he disbanded the praetorian guards who had upheld the cause of Maxentius.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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