Transcript Constantine The Great

BY: Jerad Wilson, Justin DeVice
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 Constantine’ s birth
home is Naissus, Upper
Moesia.
 Constantine the great
was born on 2/27/
around 285 A.D..
 Son of Helena, the
Innkeepers Daughter,
and Constantine
Chlorus.
 Constantine The Great was the ruler of the Roman
Empire for more than 30 years.
 He was the first to use an emblem/symbol in his
armed forces a flag with a cross on it.
 He was opposed by Maxentius who he defeated three
times, first near Turin, then under the walls of Verona,
and finally in the vicinity of Rome, 28th October, 312,
Intelligent
Promising
 Constantine the great
 Constantine proved an
was intelligent because
he was a ruler of the
Roman Empire for over
30 years.
officer of much promise
when serving under
Diocletin’s Ceasar
Galerius against the
Persians.
 Constantine was the first one to use an
emblem/symbol in his armed forces of a flag with a
cross on it.
 Constantine kept the Roman Empire going strong for
over 30 years after he took Rome empire status.
 Constantine the Great
used power because from
what we read he never
started a war. Also
because he proved an
officer of much promise
when serving under
Diocletin’s Ceasar
Galerius.
 Constantine died on 5/22/337 A.D..
 Constantine died of natural cause.
 After Constantine the great died of illness at Ebuarum
“York” the troops hailed Constantine as the new
Augustus.
 He managed the unlikely
task of both centralizing
the Roman Empire and
setting the stage for it’s
ultimate fragmentation.
 Constantine the Great
converted to Christianity
as a result of a vision he
had in a battle.
 Through Constantine the
Great married Fausta,
her father Maximillion,
now returned to power in
Rome knowledge him as
Augustus.
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 Constantine’s parents were Helena and Constantius
Chlorus.
 Constantine was married to Minervina.
 His two kids names are Crispus and Fausta Flavia
Maximas.