Constantine the Great
Biography
At the Milvian Bridge 312, in hoc signo vinces, Constantine won the empire. The Edict of Milan 313 legalized Christianity, Nicaea 325 he chaired the first ecumenical council. Founded Constantinople 330 on Byzantium, the new Rome, capital of the East for 1,123 years. Baptized on his deathbed, he made the faith of a persecuted sect the imperial destiny.
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