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Constantine

Flavius Valerius Constantinus(AD ca. 285 – AD 337) Constantine was born in Naissus, Upper Moesia, on 27 February in roughly AD 285. Another account places the year at about AD 272 or 273.He was the son of Helena, an inn keeper’s daughter, and Constantius Chlorus. It is unclear if the two were married and so …

Constantinople

by Franco C.

Byzantium had first been reconstructed in the time of Septimius Severus not just as a Roman city, but modelled on Rome itself, on and around seven hills. Later Constantine the Great chose it as his new capital, renaming it Constantinople, and it remained the capital of the eastern part of the Roman empire. Arcadius (reign …