Constantine I Biography

Constantine I biography

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NAME: Constantine I
OCCUPATION: General, Political Leader, Religious Leader, Emperor
BIRTH DATE: c. February 27, 280
DEATH DATE: May 22, 337
PLACE OF BIRTH: Naissus, Moesia (now Niš, Serbia), Serbia
PLACE OF DEATH: Near Nicomedia, Bithynia (now ?zmit, Turkey), Turkey
AKA: Constantine the Great
Full Name: Flavius Valerius Constantinus
AKA: Constantine I

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Constantine I was the first Christian Roman emperor. He ruled at the beginning of the 4th century and began the evolution of the empire into a Christian state.

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Constantine I was born on February 27, around 280, in modern-day Serbia, to an army officer named Flavius Valerius Constantius. In 305, he was passed over in imperial succession, so Constantine fought a series of civil wars, finally becoming the sole Roman emperor. He ascribed his success to his conversion to Christianity. He renamed Byzantium Constantinople, which he made his capital. Constantine died in Ancyrona, near Nicomedia, Bithynia (now ?zmit, Turkey), on May 22, 337.