Roman ruler who shifted the capital of the Empire to the east, converted to Christianity, and founded the Byzantine Empire.

Emperor of Rome in the early 4th Century. Converting to Christianity, he made the Christian faith legal, protecting it from further persecution. He convened the Council of Nicea in 325. He moved his administrative capital from Rome to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople.

Emperor 311-337. Took Christianity as the state religion in 313.

Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)

a walled city in northeastern Algeria east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I

"The Great", 285-337. The first Christian Roman emperor, he founded Constantinople (Istanbul) thus confirming the separation of the Roman empire into East and West.

Roman emperor from 312 to 337 c.e.; established second capital at Constantinople; attempted to use religious force of Christianity to unify empire spiritually. (p. 259)