How Constantine's act of faith shaped the West

From: The Scotsman | Date: April 4, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT *****

YORKSHIRE MUSEUM, YORK

YORK may be a fine city, but you can't imagine it was ever the pivot on which the history of the west once turned. Nevertheless, that is the thesis of a major exhibition there dedicated to Constantine the Great.

It is 1700 years since Constantine was proclaimed emperor in York, on 25 July 306. He had been with his father, the Emperor Constantius, on an expedition against the Picts, and it is satisfying to remember they were a constant nuisance to the empire and the Caledonian frontier remained the most strongly defended in the empire.

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