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The Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD became one of the most influential battles in history. Constantine the Great ...

Constantine ends not converting, technically, to Christianity, but becoming a patron of one particular branch of the church. It happens to be the branch of the church that has the Old Testament as ...

Constantine the Great at the Battle of Milvian Bridge, where in 312 he defeated his rivals for control of Rome. According to legend, before the battle Constantine experienced a vision of a cross in ...

In this second commentary on the Council of Nicaea, I would like to revisit the pivotal role played by the man who convened it: the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. It is indeed paradoxical that a ...

When Constantine the Great (AD 272–337) consolidated power as the sole ruler of the Roman Empire, he initiated changes that permanently transformed both Western and Eastern civilizations. His ...