Constantine I
Noun
Meaning
Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)
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Basil was to be buried in the last sarcophagus available in the rotunda of Constantine I in the Church of the Holy Apostles.
Butler, Albin, Butler's Lives of The Saints 1860, Volume 1. Second exile Statue of the saint in St Athanasius's Roman Catholic Church in Evanston, Illinois When Emperor Constantine I died, Athanasius was allowed to return to his See of Alexandria.
Celeia was incorporated into Aquileia ca. 320 under the Roman Emperor Constantine I (272-337).
Historia Augusta, Claudius, 13:2 Some historians suspect this account to be a genealogical fabrication, however, intended to link the family of Constantine I to that of a well-respected emperor.
Events Contemporary bronze head of Constantine I * Noba people settle in Africa.
Laws of Constantine I around 325 both reinforced the semi-servile status of the coloni and limited their rights to sue in the courts; the Codex Theodosianus promulgated under Theodosius II extended these restrictions.