Constantine I is known as the first Roman Emperor to convert the Roman Empire to Christianity. He is also known to have stopped the long lived persecution of Christians and converted himself to Christianity. He was the first Roman Emperor to initiate Christianity as the key religion in Rome and provide a distinctively Christian culture that allowed the growth and prosperity of Rome to flourish.
Constantine I is also known as Constantine the Great. He lived in the third century following his birth in Ancyrona, near Nicomedia, Bithynia around 280 CE. He was born into a strict military family and was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, an army officer, and his wife Helena. Constantine was brought up in the Eastern Empire of Rome.
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Constantine I is also known as Constantine the Great. He lived in the third century following his birth in Ancyrona, near Nicomedia, Bithynia around 280 CE. He was born into a strict military family and was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, an army officer, and his wife Helena. Constantine was brought up in the Eastern Empire of Rome.
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