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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT (noun)
  The noun CONSTANTINE THE GREAT has 1 sense:

1. 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)play

  Familiarity information: CONSTANTINE THE GREAT used as a noun is very rare.


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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT (noun)


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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Constantine; Constantine I; Constantine the Great; Flavius Valerius Constantinus

Instance hypernyms:

Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Roman Empire)


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