Constantine the Great

Cultural  

1. A Roman emperor of the fourth century. He founded Constantinople as capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Early in his reign, Constantine issued a document allowing Christians (see also Christian) to practice their religion within the empire. Before that, they had frequently been persecuted.

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Example Sentences

A digital art group reconstructed a large statue of Constantine the Great using scans of 10 fragments of the original.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Enter the Romans, and then Constantine the Great and Byzantinium became Constantinople and the target of attacks by Persians, Arabs, nomads and crusades.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2016

It was the first time the state and the Christian religion had been set apart since Constantine the Great had made Christianity the established religion of the Roman Empire.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2012

Oh no, Quinn says, it's an allusion to the sculpted head and hand of Constantine the Great at Rome's Musei Capitolini.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2010

Riding through the hippodrome towards St. Sophia, Mohammed noted the Delphic tripod with its three snakes,33 standing where Constantine the Great had placed it eleven hundred years before.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick