CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337)

Synonyms:

Constantine; Constantine I; Constantine the Great; Flavius Valerius Constantinus

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Roman Empire)

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