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CONSTANTINE I
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Emperor 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)
Synonyms:
Constantine; Constantine I; Constantine the Great; Flavius Valerius Constantinus
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Instance hypernyms:
Emperor of Rome; Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Roman Empire)