WHO WAS CONSTANTINE ?

Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (February 27, 272–May 22, 337) commonly known as Constantine I or Constantine the Great was proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306 and ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire to his death.

By taking the personal step of convoking the Council of Nicaea (325), Constantine began the Roman Empire's unofficial sponsoring of Christianity which was a major factor in that religion's spread. His reputation as the "first Christian Emperor" was promulgated by Lactantius and Eusebius of Caesarea gaining ground in the succeeding generations.