2/18/2023 0 Comments Corpse party seiko shinoharaConstantine is depicted gazing upwards, towards God. It is not accompanied by any text, drawing the viewer directly to the impressive portrait. This spectacular depiction of Constantine the Great was struck later in the emperor’s reign, around AD 326–330. Constantine’s gold coin was the ideal way to broadcast his new religious ways. He shifted the main seat of power from Rome to the newly named ‘Constantinople’ (modern day Istanbul), and introduced a new gold coin – the solidus, which would popular across the empire. Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman world.Ĭonstantine made sweeping military, social and economic reforms as well. He became the sole emperor of the Roman Empire and legalised Christianity across it, even converting to Christianity himself before his death and ushering in a lineage of Romano-Christian emperors that would last for a thousand years. Constantine was victorious at the battle of the Milvian Bridge, October 28th AD 312. This strange and unprecedented move seems to have worked. The following morning Constantine, to the shock and horror of his generals and troops, ordered for the shields of his men to be painted with the Chi-Rho. He was told the name of God, and that if his soldiers fought under the banner of Christ they would win the upcoming battle. Subsequently, the night before he and his troops were to meet Maxentius in battle, Constantine had a dream. According to sources Constantine and his soldiers witnessed a massive Christian symbol (the Chi-Rho) on the horizon. While marching on Rome an odd occurrence took place. Constantine declared himself sole ruler of the empire and marched on Rome, to face his rival Maxentius in battle. At this time, the Roman Empire was ruled by a number of emperors, working together. Constantine was declared emperor by his troops in 309 AD, in the British City of York (then Eboracum), after the death of his father, Constantius I.
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