HyperDic: constantine_the_great

English > 1 sense of the expression Constantine the Great:
NOUNperson Constantine the Great, Constantine, Constantine I, Flavius Valerius ConstantinusEmperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
English > Constantine the Great: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEmperor 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).
SynonymsConstantine, Constantine I, Flavius Valerius Constantinus
Instance ofRoman Emperor, Emperor of RomeSovereign of the Roman Empire
SpanishConstantino

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