That’s when Constantine, the first Christian emperor, 第一位基督教皇帝康士坦丁 moved the capital of the Roman Empire to a new city called Constantinople, 把罗马帝国的首都搬到新城市康士坦丁堡, which he founded on the site of the ancient Greek city Byzantion. 该城位于古希腊城市拜占庭。 When the...
312; Profession of his religious orientation; Order of restitution of property to the Christian Church; Christian education; Conversion.OdahlCharlesEBSCO_AspCatholic Historical ReviewOdahl, Charles. ―God and Constantine: Divine Sanction for Imperial Rule in the First Christian Emperor`s Early Letters ...
3 GOD AND CONSTANTINE: DIVINE SANCTION FOR IMPERIAL RULE IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR'S EARLY LETTERS AND ART BY Charles Odahl* During his arduous military campaign to wrest control of Rome from the usurper Maxentius in A.D. 312, Constantine the Great felt the need for supernatural ...
1.(Biography) known asConstantine the Great.Latin nameFlavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus.?280–337 ad, first Christian Roman emperor (306–337): moved his capital to Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople (330) 2.(Biography) 1868–1923, king of Greece (1913–17; 1920–22): deposed (...
Here, in volumes one and two, Gibbon charts the vast extent and constitution of the Empire from the reign of Augustus to 395 AD. And in a controversial critique, he examines the early Church, with fascinating accounts of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian. ...
Though criticized as mere panegyric lionizing Constantine’s virtues while ignoring his flaws, Eusebius’s Life is nonetheless the most substantial and detailed biography of the first Christian emperor to come down to us from antiquity. The work is also the sole source for several key episodes in...
He was the first emperor in Roman Empire from 27 BC to 14 AD. In 40 BC,he was called Augustus by the Senate, who had power to rule Romes religious, civil and military affairs. He made great achievements in his ruling time: the long peace after civil war, 14、 the sound currency, ...
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In the 1850s theVincentianpriest Pedro Maria Boss suggested placing a Christian monument on Mount Corcovado to honour Isabel, princess regent of Brazil and the daughter of EmperorPedro II, although the project was never approved. In 1921 the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro proposed th...
Ancient Rome - Cult of the emperors: Among the institutions most important in softening the edges of regional differences was the cult of the emperors. In one sense, it originated in the 4th century bc, when Alexander the Great first received veneration