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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)

Some scholars believe the increased responsibility and power Constantine brought to Christians resulted in a conversion from being entirely pacifistic to embracing just war theory.

How Sir Ector found Sir Launcelot his brother dead, and how Constantine reigned next after Arthur; and of the end of this book.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
The Colosseum was a dilapidated shell, and the Arch of Constantine had fallen.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
She held an open book on her knees and was pointing out something in it to Constantine who, dressed in a man-o-war suit, lay at her feet.
James Joyce -- Dubliners
My brother Gregory's wife's brother, whom you may know; his name is Constantine Lakedemonoff, and he used to be a magistrate— VOITSKI.
Anton Chekhov -- Uncle Vanya
Ah Constantine! of how much ill was mother, not thy conversion, but that dowry which the first rich Father received from thee!
Dante Alighieri -- Dante's Inferno
The Bible, as we know it today, was collated by the pagan Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
He was the last one who worshipped the Olympian gods, before Constantine came along and adopted Christianity.
Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
I looked at the Constantine wire running along the top of the prison fence: a crown of thorns for a man who wanted to be a savior.
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
, in the matter of sepulture, resisted Constantine Pogonatus.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
In consequence I embarked for Oran, and went from thence to Constantine, where I arrived just in time to witness the raising of the siege.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
Thus the king with his great army departed, leaving the queen and realm in the governance of Sir Baudwin and Constantine.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I
That was in the reign of the Emperor Constantine.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
Years were to pass before its translation into English (done excellently by Constantine FitzGibbon).
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
"The Greek Slave, or Constantine the Avenger," is the name of this thrilling drama!
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
She had opportunities of sending her letters to the Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, who commanded the Guards.
Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
Thus the king with his great army departed, leaving the queen and realm in the governance of Sir Baudwin and Constantine.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur
Dr. Constantine-I forgot, I have not introduced you.
Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
Which titles of Duke, Count, and Marquis, came into the Empire, about the time of Constantine the Great, from the customes of the German Militia.
Thomas Hobbes -- Leviathan
Lactantius, whom Constantine the Great chose to be his son's tutor, put the question quite directly: how would it help him gain his salvation if he knew the sources of the Nile or the ravings of physicists about the heavens?
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain

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