Flavius Valerius Constantinus
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Flavius Valerius Constantinus (Latin: IMP CAESAR FLAVIVS CONSTANTINVS AVGVSTVS) (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), commonly known as Constantine I or Constantine the Great, was proclaimed Augustus by his troops on 25 July 306 and ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire until his death. His wife was Fausta and together with her he had three sons, Constans, Constantius II and Constantine II.
Portraits
[edit]Antique
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Colossus of Constantine, Musei Capitolini, Rome.
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Bronze statue at the Musei Capitolini, Rome.
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Marble statue at Museo Chiaramonti
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Bust in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Cameo depicting Constantine crowned by Constantinople
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Gold multiple, AD 313.
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Solidus minted at Thessalonica, 327.
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Gold multiple, AD 324.
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Solidus minted at Trier, AD 310–313.
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Medallion, AD 336.
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Aquileian follis, AD 322.
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Italian medallion, AD 315.
Medieval and Renaissance
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Dream of Constantine, Battle of the Milvian Bridge, and the Invention of the True Cross in the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus
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Constantine and his mother Helena with the holy cross in the Church of St. Mary of Vllaherna
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Constitutum Constantini, Constantine and pope Sylvester I
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Mosaic of Constantine at Hagia Sophia
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Portrait in the Mutinensis gr. 122
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Last portrait in the Mutinensis gr. 122 (Constantine again)
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Bulgarian icon
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Raffaello, Costantino a Ponte Milvio
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Raffaello, Battesimo di Costantino
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Constantine's Conversion by Peter Paul Rubens
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Jacopo Vignali, Apparizione della croce a Costantino
Modern and Contemporary
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Sazonov, Helen and Constantine
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Statue of Constantine at Hamburg-Sankt Georg
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Statue of the roman emperor, outside York Minster (1998)
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Statue at San Lorenzo in Milan
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Modern copy of the colossal statue
Maps
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Ancient World at the age of Constantinus I Magnus (Italian-Latin)
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Battle of Adrianople 324 A.D. (Italian)
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Battle of Adrianople 324 A.D. (Deutch)