Constantine the Great Biography
Constantine the Great, also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman army officer, and his consort Helena. His father became Caesar, the deputy emperor in the west in 293. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under the emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius was raised to the rank of Augustus, senior western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia. Acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eburacum after his father's death in 306, Constantine emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against the emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324.
As emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured and civil and military authority separated. A new gold coin, the solidus, was introduced to combat inflation. It would become the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. Source: Wikipedia
Biography Snapshot
- Name:
- Constantine the Great
- Full Name:
- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus
- Nationality:
- Roman Empire
- Religion:
- Christianity
- Date of Birth:
- February 27, 272
- Astrological Sign:
- Pisces
- Date of Death:
- May 22, 337
- Age at Death:
- 65
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