Constantine the Great.(Report from Europe)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: June 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Constantine the Great (c. 275-337) was born in Naissus (now Nis, Serbia). On the death of his father, the Emperor Constantius I, in 306, he became emperor of the western part of the Holy Roman Empire. In 313 he converted to Christianity and announced the Edict of Milan, which allowed religious tolerance by guaranteeing Christians and believers of other faiths the freedom to practice their religions.

Constantine defeated Licinius, the emperor of the eastern part of the Holy Roman Empire, in 324 and thus became its sole ruler. The following year he convened the First Council of ...

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