Constantine I Quotes
In this sign you will conquer.
Constantine the Great
Constantine I, 272–337 57th Emperor of the Roman Empire, Issuing Symbol for His Troops to Fight Under, Before the battle with Maxentius, 312
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
He was substantially outspent by his Republican opponent.
Constantine I, also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from 306 to 337. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea (now Niš, Serbia), he was the son of Flavius Constantius, a Roman army officer born in Dardania who became one of the four emperors of the Tetrarchy. His mother, Helena, was Greek and of low birth. Constantine served with distinction under emperors Diocletian and Galerius campaigning in the eastern provinces against barbarians and the Persians, before being recalled west in 305 to fight under his father in Britain. After his father's death in 306, Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (York). He emerged victorious in the civil wars against emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of the Roman Empire by 324.