Constantine I Quotes


… what can be more honorable than gladly to acquiesce in the prosperity of all men?...


Context

Constantine the Great. This was the first statement by a ruler since the Ancient Hebrew Government long before that extolled the virtue of prosperity for ALL and not just a particular ethnic group, or socioeconomic class. Christian and ancient Jewish ideas here become accepted as a desirable objective by the Western World.


Citations

Constantine I, 272–337 57th Emperor of the Roman Empire, Letter to the Antiochians, 332

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Constantine I
Constantine I
  • Born: February 27, 0272
  • Died: May 22, 0337
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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.