Early Life
Where was Constantine born?
Naissus
What did Constantine see in the sky prior to the battle at Milvian Bridge?
A cross and the words "Hoc Signo Vinces" in the sky
How did Constantine posthumously treat Maxentius?
How did Constantine's mother influence him?
She was a Christian
Why did Constantine pick Byzantium to be the new capital?
It was an amazing strategic location
How did Constantine become Caesar?
How did the Battle at Milvian Bridge embarrassingly end?
Maxentius's army all went onto the bridge at once and it collapsed, drowning Maxentius
What was unusual about Constantine's new system of coinage?
The used Christian symbolism
What did the Edict of Milan accomplish?
Granted full tolerance to all religions, including Christianity
Where did Constantine want to get baptized?
Jordan River
What was the state of the empire during Constantine's childhood in terms of politics and religion?
Christians were persecuted, and the empire was divided into a tetrarchy
How did Constantine become the sole emperor?
What organization did Constantine disband and why?
The Praetorian guard; it had betrayed emperors in the past
What did Constantine think Christianity would aide politically?
Unifying the empire
In Constantine's eyes, what was a benefit of having a capital in the East?
It was wealthier and doing better than Rome
With whom did Constantine spend little time as a child?
Father figure
How did Constantine respond to the Sarmatian's invading the Roman Balkans?
Constantine pushed them back across the Danube River and entered Goth territory
What did most of Constantine's taxes go to?
Military
With whom did Constantine disagree at the Council of Nicaea?
Arius
How did Constantine respond to Maximian's slander?
He made Maximian hang himself
How did Constantine get education?
His father's ties to the emperor led him to get educated in Diocletian's court
What was Constantine's response to Licinius's assassination plot and subsequent civil war?
He still allowed him to be co-emperor
He made it aristocracy-based and diminished its power
Why did Constantine convert to Christianity on the death bed?
He thought this way he was in less danger of polluting his soul, and more likely to go to heaven
What was ironic about Constantine's succession plan?
It redivided the empire he had just unified