Constantine I
Con'stan-tine, [Lat. Constanti'nus ; Gr. Kuvaruvtwoc
; Fr. Constantin, k6N'st6.N'taN' ; Ger. Constantin,
kon-stan-teen'; It. Constantino, kon-stan-tee'no;
Dutch, Konstantijn, kon-stan-tin',] (Flavius Valerius
Aurelius,) surnamed the Great, the first Christian
emperor of Rome, born in 272 A.D., was the son of
the emperor Constantius Chlorus and his ...
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Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[3] (c. 27 February
272[2] – 22 May 337), commonly known as Constantine I,
Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine,[4][5] was Roman
Emperor from 306 to 337. Best known for being the first
Christian Roman emperor,[notes 1] Constantine reversed the
persecutions of his predecessor, Diocletian, and issued ...
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Flavius Valerius Aurelius Claudius, known as The Great, son of the emperor Constantius Chlorus and Helena (q.v.), was born A.D.
272, at Naïsus, a city of Dacia Mediterranea. When Constantine's father was associated in the government by Diocletian, the son
was retained at court as a kind of hostage, but was treated with great kindness at first, an...
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