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Constantine the Great

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Con⋅stan⋅tine I

  [kon-stuhn-teen, -tahyn]
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–noun
1. (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus; “the Great”) a.d. 288?–337, Roman emperor 324–337: named Constantinople as the new capital; legally sanctioned Christian worship.
2. 1868–1923, king of Greece 1913–17, 1920–22.
Related forms:
Con⋅stan⋅tin⋅i⋅an  [kon-stuhn-tin-ee-uhn] , adjective
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Constantine the Great [(kon-stuhn-teen, kon-stuhn-teyen)]

A Roman emperor of the fourth century. He founded Constantinople as capital of the eastern part of the Roman Empire. Early in his reign, Constantine issued a document allowing Christians to practice their religion within the empire. Before that, they had frequently been persecuted.

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