NOUN
- 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)
How To Use Constantine the Great In A Sentence
- Constantine the Great knew no Greek and Justinian's accent was bad.
- The nominal conversion of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great to Christianity indeed led to compromise and apostasy .
- In the 4th century, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great converted to Christianity and created a Christian empire, prompting the building of many new churches.
- However, when Constantine the Great became emperor in 306, he legalized Christianity and made it the official religion of the Roman Empire.
