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18 de mai. de 2024 · Constantine was born probably in the later 280s ce. A typical product of the military governing class of the later 3rd century, he was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, an army officer, and his wife (or concubine) Helena. In 293 ce his father was raised to the rank of Caesar, or deputy emperor (as Constantius I Chlorus ), and was sent to ...
- Constantine reigned during the 4th century CE and is known for attempting to Christianize the Roman Empire. He made the persecution of Christians i...
- Some have argued that Constantine’s conversion to Christianity was politically motivated. At least openly, Constantine ascribed much of his politic...
- In 305 Constantine assisted his father, the newly appointed Western emperor, with a campaign in Britain. Their army proclaimed Constantine emperor...
- Constantine funded church-building projects throughout his reign as a way to encourage Christianity’s growth. Churches were erected at, among other...
- Constantine’s father, Constantius I, was appointed to the position of augustus (emperor) by the time Constantine reached young adulthood. Constanti...
Há 3 dias · Constantine I (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. [h] He played a pivotal role in elevating the status of Christianity in Rome, decriminalizing Christian practice and ceasing Christian persecution in a period referred to as the Constantinian shift . [4]
Há 5 dias · The Arch of Constantine is an architectural marvel, standing 21 meters (69 feet) tall, 25.9 meters (85 feet) wide, and 7.4 meters (24 feet) deep. It features three main archways, with the central one being the largest at 11.5 meters (37.7 feet) high and 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) wide. The arch is constructed from large blocks of white marble and ...
Há 1 dia · Constantine the Great was one of the most important figures of Byzantium and Christianity, yet there is a dark chapter in the emperor’s reign that historians cannot fathom. The execution of his oldest son Crispus and his wife Empress Fausta is a tragic episode in the history of the Eastern Roman Empire that is full of glorious moments.
Há 1 dia · Many of the records that survive from Constantine’s reign are official edicts and proclamations, written on papyrus and parchment. This is a series of edicts issued by Constantine regarding religion, beginning with the original edict of toleration from 311 signed by three of the then four rulers of the Roman Empire: Lactantius, Licinius, and ...
Há 5 dias · The Byzantine Empire 's history is generally periodised from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. From the 3rd to 6th centuries, the Greek East and Latin West of the Roman Empire gradually diverged, marked by Diocletian 's (r. 284–305) formal partition of its administration in 285, [1] the establishment of an eastern ...
Há 2 dias · A new temporary exhibition at the Swiss National Museum in Zürich – coveted. cared for. martyred. Bodies in the Middle Ages – re-evaluates the ways in which medieval Europeans saw, conceived, and imagined the human body. In this interview, James Blake Wiener questions Curator Christine Keller about the exhibition's finer points.
