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Constantine
Constantine , ancient Cirta, city (1998 pop. 462,187), capital of Constantine dept., NE Algeria, on the gorge of the Rhumel River. A major inland city, it is the railhead of a prosperous and diverse agricultural area. Constantine is also a center of the grain trade and has flour mills, a tractor f... Read more
Constantine
Constantine (c.274–337), first Christian Roman emperor (306–37), known as ‘the Great’. Born at Naissus (now Nis), Constantine was the son of Constantius I by Helena. In 305 Constantius succeeded as Augustus (senior emperor) of the West. Constantine fled from the court of... Read more
Constantine I
Constantine I or Constantine the Great , 288?-337, Roman emperor, b. Naissus (present-day Niš, Serbia). He was the son of Constantius I and Helena and was named in full Flavius Valerius Constantinus. Rise to Power When his father was made caesar (subemperor), Constantine was... Read more
Constantine I
Constantine I 1868-1923, king of the Hellenes, eldest son of George I , whom he succeeded in 1913. Married to Sophia, sister of the German emperor William II, he opposed the pro-Allied policy of the Greek premier, Eleutherios Venizelos , and was forced to abdicate in 1917 under Allied military pr... Read more
Constantin Meunier
Constantin Meunier , 1831-1905, Belgian sculptor and painter. In paintings of monastic life and of factory workers and miners, his work expressed the dignity of labor, in a style marked by romantic idealism. Turning to sculpture exclusively at the age of 50, he produced the bronze reliefs and monume... Read more
Constantin Guys
Constantin Guys , 1805?-1892, French watercolorist and draftsman, b. Holland. His work was published anonymously, most frequently in the Illustrated London News. Most of his witty drawings deal with the elegant society of his period, but he also drew, from life, scenes of the Crimean War. Bi... Read more
Constantine Mitsotakis
Constantine Mitsotakis 1918-, Greek political leader. Active in the Cretan resistance against the Nazi occupation, he became a member of parliament for Khaniá (1946-67, 1977-90). He was arrested (1967) by the military junta but managed to escape and live in exile until his return in 1974. He... Read more
Donation of Constantine
Donation of Constantine Lat. Constitutum Constantini, forged document, probably drafted in the 8th cent. It purported to be a grant by Roman Emperor Constantine I of great temporal power in Italy and the West to the papacy . Its purpose was apparently to enhance papal territorial claims in Italy... Read more
Constantine the Great
Constantine the Great (d. 337), Roman Emperor. The son of the Emp. Constantius Chlorus and St Helena, he was proclaimed Emperor at York in 306, and became senior ruler of the Empire after the battle of the Milvian Bridge (312). Following instructions received (according to Lactantius) in a dream... Read more
Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi , 1876-1957, Romanian sculptor. Brancusi is considered one of the foremost of modern artists. In 1904 he went to Paris, where he worked under Mercié. He declined Rodin's invitation to work in his studio. Because of his radical, economic style, his abstract sculptures, The... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Constantine,"

Constantine I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Constantine I Constantine I (ca. 274-337) was a Roman emperor. He is frequently called...Flavius Valerius Constantinus at Naissus (in modern Yugoslavia), Constantine was the son of Constantius Chlorus and his concubine Helena. In...
Constantine XI
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Constantine XI Constantine XI (1405-1453) was the last Byzantine emperor. A gallant prince...son of Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus (reigned 1391-1425), Constantine was born on Feb. 8, 1405. Following the Palaeologan custom of...
Constantine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Constantine , ancient Cirta, city (1998 pop. 462,187), capital of Constantine dept., NE Algeria, on the gorge of the Rhumel...a prosperous and diverse agricultural area. Constantine is also a center of the grain trade and has...
Constantine I(the Great)
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Constantine I(the Great) ( c. 285–337) Roman...series of feuds for control of Italy ended when Constantine adopted Christianity and defeated Maxentius (312). Constantine and Licinius signed the Edict of Milan (313...
Constantine II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Constantine II 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...
Constantine VI
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Constantine VI b. c.770, Byzantine emperor...she was deposed by a military revolt. Constantine recalled her in 792 and made her joint...blinded, and assumed the imperial title. Constantine died in obscurity during the reign...
Constantine VII
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Constantine VII (Constantine Porphyrogenitus), 905-59, Byzantine emperor (913-59...acceded after the brief reign of his uncle Alexander, who succeeded Constantine's father, Leo VI. A regency (913-20) was followed by the...
Constantine V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Constantine V (Constantine Copronymus), 718-75, Byzantine emperor (741-75), son...ultimately, of Italy to the Byzantines. Pope Zacharias broke with Constantine, and Pope Stephen II placed Rome under the protection of Pepin...
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Constantine Samuel Rafinesque During his lifetime, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) was not appreciated...from the norm was capable of becoming a new species. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was born in Galata, a suburb of...
Constantine P. Cavafy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Constantine P. Cavafy Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933) was the first modernist Greek poet...clear affinities with Hellenistic poetry of the Alexandrian era. Constantine P. Cavafy was born in Alexandria, Egypt. His father, a prosperous...

Dictionary entries related to "Constantine,"

Constantine the African
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Constantine the African ( b . Carthage, North Africa...1065 – 1085), medicine . Constantine the African, the first important figure...confused. The most credible account of Constantine ’ s early life is that given...
Constantine the Great
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Constantine the Great (d. 337), Roman Emperor...according to Lactantius ) in a dream, Constantine had fought under the sign of the Cross...favour were given to Christianity. Constantine's policy was to unite the Church and...
Constantine
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Constantine ( c. 274–337), first...x2019;. Born at Naissus (now Nis), Constantine was the son of Constantius I by Helena...Augustus (senior emperor) of the West. Constantine fled from the court of Galerius, eastern...
Psellus, Michael (Baptized Constantine)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography PSELLUS, MICHAEL (BAPTIZED CONSTANTINE) ( b. near Constantinople...protection of his former schoolmate Constantine Leichudes. During the brief reign...studies independently; and when Constantine IX Monomachus (1042 –...
Constantine II
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Constantine II (d. 952), king of ‘...father was Æd (d. 878). Constantine II laid the foundations of the kingdom...937 an invasion of England mounted by Constantine and the Danes from Dublin led by Guthfrith...
Constantine I (the Great)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Constantine I (the Great) (full name Flavius...several emperors competing for power, Constantine and Licinius divided the empire between...fought between the two rulers (314) and Constantine defeated and killed Licinius (323...
Constantine I
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Constantine I (d. 877), ‘king of the Picts’...Halfdan the Danish king of York inflicted a crushing defeat on Constantine at Dollar . Constantine was killed in 877 by the Danes at ‘Inverdufata...
Constantine III
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Constantine III (d. 411). Usurper, proclaimed emperor by Roman troops in Britain...by the equally short‐lived Gratian. The next usurper, Constantine III, was more effective, managing to take substantial territories...
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography RAFINESQUE, CONSTANTINE SAMUEL ( b . Galata, near Constantinople, 22 October 1783; d...German extraction who fled France during the Reign of Terror, taking Constantine, his brother, and his sister, to Leghorn, Italy, where he lived...
Donation of Constantine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Donation of Constantine. A spurious document designed to strengthen the authority of the church and of Rome, purporting to report how Constantine conferred on Pope Sylvester I (314–35) the primacy over other sees and secular rule in the W. Empire.

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Constantine keeps his hand, head in the game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/27/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...been more than a decade _ since Kevin Constantine stepped in front of his first NHL team...Errey and Igor Larionov, and gulped. Constantine proved himself, giving the Sharks their...Those were the most fun years,'' Constantine said recently by phone. Constantine...
Constantine keeps his hand, head in the game.
Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA); 1/26/2004; 700+ words ; ...been more than a decade _ since Kevin Constantine stepped in front of his first NHL team...Errey and Igor Larionov, and gulped. Constantine proved himself, giving the Sharks their...Those were the most fun years,'' Constantine said recently by phone. Constantine...
Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; Though works on the life of Constantine abound, M. Grant's new book...clarify the many uncertainties about Constantine's life, while treating the emperor...Empire, and Burckhardt, The Age of Constantine the Great, and the ancient positive...
Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Constantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance. By...unsuccessful challenge to much of earlier scholarly work on Constantine, as Drake believes that "the question of Constantine's relationship to Christianity has been misformulated...
Constantine: 'Far-right' Hutchison chickens out of honest debate.(Strange Bedfellows)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/10/2009; 700+ words ; ...in the King County Executive's race Dow Constantine removed it Wednesday. Constantine, the county council chairman, held a news...three other major candidates for the office. Constantine said Hutchison was doing this to keep people...
CONSTANTINE AND THE BISHOPS: THE POLITICS OF INTOLERANCE.(Review)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; CONSTANTINE AND THE BISHOPS: THE POLITICS OF INTOLERANCE...become so commonplace that the historical Constantine (A.D. 288?-337) has slipped from our sight. Apparently it is not what Constantine himself wrought that is the object of...
Constantine's King Co. reform plan reaches out to burbs.(Strange Bedfellows)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 9/24/2009; 700+ words ; ...King County executive candidate Dow Constantine said Thursday there would be someone...county has been too Seattle-centric. Constantine, joined by primary rival state Sen...the people of our diverse region," Constantine said. He said his plan was detailed...
Constantine Announces New Investor Relations Services.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 10/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...2009 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CEM) ("Constantine" or the "Company") is pleased to...the Company. Mr. Jeffery will assist Constantine with the continued development and implementation...
Constantine: Cheaper health plan, cuts, could save parks.(Strange Bedfellows)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/5/2009; 700+ words ; ...County executive candidate Dow Constantine on Wednesday said he wants to...is unquestionably serious," Constantine, the County Council chairman...depths of a recession." Picture Constantine Executive Kurt Triplett has also...
Constantine, Hutchison exchange verbal jabs; Election 2009; King County executive King County executive.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA); 10/16/2009; 700+ words ; ...appearing eager for each question. Constantine, chairman of the Metropolitan King...from Hutchison stand without response. Constantine took up the offensive early this time...environmental protection. Hutchison accused Constantine of changing the subject to avoid talking...