The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . CONSTANTINE THE GREAT wasthe first Christian Emperor ofRome, the most powerful mon-arch of his time, and the presidentof the first Ecumenical Council ofthe Church. His name is justlyperpetuated in that of Constanti-nople, to which city he transferredthe seat of empire. He made im-portant changes in the civil andreligious constitution of his country, and displayed greatabilities as a statesman and a commander. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus was a son of theEmperor Constantius Chlorus, who, according to t
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . CONSTANTINE THE GREAT wasthe first Christian Emperor ofRome, the most powerful mon-arch of his time, and the presidentof the first Ecumenical Council ofthe Church. His name is justlyperpetuated in that of Constanti-nople, to which city he transferredthe seat of empire. He made im-portant changes in the civil andreligious constitution of his country, and displayed greatabilities as a statesman and a commander. Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus was a son of theEmperor Constantius Chlorus, who, according to the partitionof sovereignty then prevailing, reigned over Gaul, Spain, andBritain. His mothers name was Helena. He was most pro-bably born at Naissus in Dacia, in 274 , but according tosome historians he was born in Mcesia, in February, 272 education was chiefly military; his figure was tall andmajestic; his deportment was graceful; he was intrepid inwar and affable in peace. To a very advanced season of lifehe preserved the vigor of his constitution by a strict adher
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