The Emperor Constantine I earned his place in history in 313 A.D. when he legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire with the Edict of Milan and gave Christians a broad range of new rights ...

The Roman Empire that Constantine was born into was one of chaos and anarchy. Civil wars, invasions, and disease were rending the empire so badly that the era is regarded as the Crisis of the Third ...

Early Christian Schisms - Part 2 - Extra History Constantine had gained control of the Roman Empire, its first Christian ...

Roman emperor Septimius Severus destroyed the city in A.D. 196 and rebuilt a grander version, which Constantine expanded upon for his New Rome. The city became a prosperous and important center of ...

RELIGIOUS EVENTS IN HISTORY On Oct. 28, 312, Roman emperor Constantine defeats Maxentius at Milvian Bridge to take control of the Roman Empire. According to early Christian author Lactantius, befor… ...

Apr. 2—Three hundred and 13 years after Jesus Christ had walked the earth, Constantine the Great, the emperor of Rome, made history with his establishment of religious freedom throughout his ...

We’re headed back to July 25, 306 A.D. when Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. Constantine I was the first roman emperor to profess Christianity. He got the name of “The Great” ...

Experts confirmed that the sculpture portrays Constantine by comparing it to coins and two other giant heads of the emperor that are kept in Rome’s Capitoline Museums, La Rocca said. The Carrara ...

ROME (AP) — Emperor Constantine, the 4th century ruler whose embrace of Christianity helped spread the faith throughout the Roman Empire, now has a reconstructed statue befitting his larger-than ...

Some 1,600 years ago, a group of Roman empire citizens in Italy received a letter from Emperor Constantine, allowing them to celebrate a religious holiday in their hometown rather than traveling ...

A Roman Emperor and His Finger, Separated for 500 Years, Finally Reunited The Louvre Museum has returned an index finger to a massive bronze of Emperor Constantine after it was long mistaken for a ...

ROME (Reuters) -The Arch of Constantine, a giant ancient Roman arch next to the Colosseum, was damaged after a violent storm hit Rome, conservation authorities said on Tuesday. In a statement to ...