Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. Header Image is 'Roman Forum' by Benson Kua and has been modified from its original dimensions. It was modified by /u/IBelieveAllTheThings to fix some bugs specfic to our sub. We use the FlatBlue by /u/creesch for this subreddit. Please use the menu above to select one for yourself! Part of the r/history community:įor a complete list of history related subreddits, check out the sidebar on r/history. The nearer a (person) comes to a calm mind, the closer (they are) to strength". "Gentleness and civility are more human, (than rage) and therefore (superior). Feel free to post about Roman architecture, military history, art, archaeological finds and anything else that deals with ancient Rome. Constantine did do a lot right and definitely starts the idea of welcoming Christianity to Rome, but yet he loves himself just as much as he says he loves God.This is a subreddit dedicated to the Roman Kingdom, Republic and the Empire up until the fall of the Western Empire. We are supposed to go to a church to worship the Lord God Almighty, not to worship Constantine for everything that he’s done right. He wants to be like God- he says he can see into the spiritual realm, but this isn’t what Christianity is supposed to be like. This is so obviously seen in some of his actions especially when he puts a huge statue in his church. He is so proud of who he is, and after a few won battles he believes that he is God’s chosen one. Constantine has intentions that were right, but he doesn’t quite understand at the same time. He has placed this huge statue of himself in the west end apse of the basilica. He builds the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, which is the largest building in the Roman Forum. 280-337) that once occupied the west apse of the Basilica of. He is trying to figure out his faith, but didn’t quite understand what he needs to do to pursue this new idea of faith. The Colossus of Constantine was a colossal acrolithic statue of Constantine the Great (c. He is able to improve many things while Emperor and even considered himself as “God’s chosen instrument” as he is bringing the lands back together. “Byzantium” is renamed to Constantinople and is then rebuilt to the “New Rome.” He is able to make the city of Rome beautiful by taxing all the citizens and even making them poor. 312-15 (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Musei Capitolini, Rome). Again, Constantine and Maximian go into battle and again, it doesn’t end well for Maximian as he drowns and Constantine takes on full power of the Roman Empire, allowing Christianity to become the state religion. The Colossus of Constantine,marble, ( originally 40 feet high) c. He wants to carry the strength of the Lord with him at all times, so before battle he has his army carry around a sign with the Greek letters chi “X” and rho “P” as an abbreviation that meant Christos or Christ. It is said that once he starts to pray to the one true God, he is given a sign saying that he is going to be protected in battle. Rather than sticking to what his time period was known to pray to, he chose to pray to God. He didn’t know if he is to pray to multiple deities or to God Almighty. Constantine is brilliant and has some great strategies that help him win the Battle of Turnin it is enough to make the citizens of Rome pleased with Constantine.Ĭonstantine is not sure of what kind of approach to take into this battle or what to take after. The West has a very small army, while the East has a large army, but to everyone’s surprise Constantine and the West won. Right away the Maximian wants to take over the West, so they go to battle against each other to see who would win and take claim to the West. (Rome, Italy) Both Constantine and Galerius work well together but eventually Galerius died and is succeeded by Maximian. He is now the Emperor of the West (Turkey) while Galerius is the Emperor of the East. Constantine is crowned emperor within one year because of his fathers’ unexpected death. These include his political transformation of the Roman Empire, his support for Christianity, and his founding of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). He is born into a typical family, his father ends up becoming the Emperor of modern day Turkey- and to do so he must divorce his wife. Arch of Constantine, 312-315 C.E., and older spolia, marble and porphyry, Rome The Emperor Constantine, called Constantine the Great, was significant for several reasons. Constantine is known greatly for one huge accomplishment, he is the first Emperor to welcome the Christian faith.
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