272-337 A.D.
In 306 AD Constantine assumed
his father's position as one of four emperors in Diocletian's
continuing tetrarchy. After a series of battles with rivals, he was sole emperor
of the Empire in 323. Perhaps his most famous battle was against his rival Maxentius
at the Milvian bridge near Rome in 312; there, legend has it he saw the sign
of the cross in the sky and had it painted on his soldiers' shields. After he
won the battle, he converted to Christianity. It was under him that Christianity
became the principle religion of the Empire.
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Student Work:
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Project designed and implemented by
Lee Burnett and the eighth grade Latin students of Germantown
Academy.
February 2002