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| | Constantine I (emperor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In the year 320, Licinius, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, reneged on the religious freedom promised by the Edict of Milan in 313 and began another persecution of the Christians. | | | After his breach with his father's old colleague Maximian in 309–310, Constantine began to claim legitimate descent from the 3rd century emperor Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus, the hero of the Battle of Naissus (September, 268). | | | In fact, by 336, Constantine had actually reoccupied most of the long-lost province of Dacia, which Aurelian had been forced to abandon in 271. |
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| | Emperor Constantine the Great - ReligionFacts.com |
| | Constantine accused Licinius of fomenting a conspiracy against him. | | | Constantine was engaged in defending his Danubian frontier from Goths and Sarmatians, and took the Sarmatian king Rausimodes prisoner (Zos. | | | Constantine's first act was to show favour to the Christians (de M. xxiv.), who had been exposed to little of the violence of persecution under the mild rule of Constantius. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Constantine the Great |
| | The policy of the emperors was not a consistent one; Diocletian was at first friendly towards Christianity; even its grimmest foe, Julian, wavered. | | | The Christians especially exerted themselves to get possession of such foundlings, and consequently Constantine issued no direct prohibition of exposure, although the Christians regarded exposure as equal to murder; he commanded, instead, that foundlings should belong to the finder, and did not permit the parents to claim the children they had exposed. | | | Proceeding to Milan (end of 312, or beginning of 313) he met his colleague the Augustus Licinius, married his sister to him, secured his protection for the Christians in the East, and promised him support against Maximinus Daia. |
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| | Constantine I, Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Before the battle Constantine, who was already sympathetic toward Christianity, is said by Eusebius of Caesarea to have seen in the sky a flaming cross inscribed with the words, “In this sign thou shalt conquer.” He adopted the cross and was victorious. | | | Constantine’s legal reforms were marked by great humanity, perhaps a result of Christian influence. | | | Historians differ greatly in their assessments of Constantine’s motives and the depth of his Christian conviction. |
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| | Roman Emperors - DIR Constantine I |
| | Linda Jones Hall, "Cicero's instinctu divino and Constantine's instinctu divinitatis: The Evidence of the Arch of Constantine for the Senatorial View of the 'Vision' of Constantine," Journal of Early Christian Studies 6 (1998) 647-71. | | | The prevailing character of Constantine's government was one of conservatism. | | | It has often been supposed that Constantine's profession of Christianity was a matter of political expediency more than of religious conviction; upon closer examination this view cannot be sustained. |
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| | The Early Church - The Roman Emperor Constantine |
| | Constantine was taught about being a Christian, but he could still be ruthless and he did not get baptised until his old age. | | | He called a meeting of Christian bishops at Nicaea in 325 that decided what a Christian was, and what Christians should believe. | | | Most of the Roman Emperors that came after Constantine were Christians. |
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| | The discovery of an asteroid crater in the Italian Apennine mountains has prompted speculation that it may have been the cause of the legendary conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine.(News)(asteroid could have been the vision seen by Constantine)(Brief Article) (History Today) | | | THE EMPEROR'S STATE OF GRACE.(Constantine and Christianity) (History Today) | | | Constantine I, Roman emperor: Rise to Power - Rise to Power When his father was made caesar (subemperor), Constantine was left at the court of... |
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| | Constantine Converts: 312 |
| | Constantine believed that the Church and the State should be as close as possible. | | | Most Christian leaders greatly admired Constantine for the works he did for the church and Christian cause. | | | Constantine's adherence to Christianity ensured exposure of all his subjects to the religion, and he had no small domain. |
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| | History of Constantine the Great |
| | "The Conversion to Christianity of the Roman Emperor Constantine" by Sergio Caggia and Paul Gwynne | | | Biography of Constantine as written in the Catholic Encyclopedia | | | History, in On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies |
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| | Constantine II, Roman emperor. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | 316–40, Roman emperor, son of Constantine I. When the empire was divided at the death (337) of Constantine I, among the brothers Constantius II, Constans I, and Constantine II, Constantine II received Britain, Gaul, and Spain. | | | Maintaining that he had been cheated, he demanded some of the territory given Constans I. |
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| | Roman Emperors - Bust of the Emperor Constantine |
| | This bust of the emperor Constantine, which is located at the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome, may well have been part of the huge statue of the emperor which was erected in Rome in 313 shortly after his victory over Maxentius which Eusebius mentions in his Historia Ecclesiastica. | | | Roman Emperors - Bust of the Emperor Constantine |
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| | AllRefer.com - Constantine I, Roman emperor (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia |
| | Constantine I, Roman emperor, Ancient History, Rome, Biographies | | | AllRefer.com - Constantine I, Roman emperor (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia | | | He was the son of Constantius I and Helena and was named in full Flavius Valerius Constantinus. |
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