Constantine
272-337 A.D.
Constantine assumed his father's position as one
of four emperors in 306. After a series of battles with rivals, he was
sole emperor of the Empire in 323. Perhaps his most famous battle was against
his rival Maxentius at the Milvian bridge near Rome in 312; there, legend
has it he saw the sign of the cross in the sky and had it painted on his
soldiers' shields. After he won the battle, he converted to Christianity.
It was under him that Christianity became the principle religion of the
Empire.
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