This is Venetian artist Palma Vecchio’s depiction of Emperor Constantine I and his mother, Saint Helen, who greatly influenced his religious beliefs. Vecchio lived from 1480-1528. (Courtesy Photo) The ...
Fragments of a colossal bronze of Emperor Constantine at the Musei Capitolini, Rome. (photo via Flickr) In 2018, Aurélia Azéma, a doctoral student in Paris, observed something peculiar about a massive ...
Excavated at the Medieval hilltop city were three inner walls of what was a monumental structure, likely an ancient pagan temple, underneath a parking lot. Their whereabouts were pinpointed by Douglas ...
A letter written by a Roman emperor helped lead a team of archaeologists to an ancient temple that "adds significant insights into the social changes" from pagan beliefs to Christianity in the Roman ...
Stephenson, a historian at the University of Durham, successfully combines historical documents, examples of Roman art, sculpture, and coinage with the lessons of geopolitics to produce a complex ...
Emperor Constantine (ca A.D. 280– 337) reigned over a major transition in the Roman Empire—and much more. His acceptance of Christianity and his establishment of an eastern capital city, which would ...
On Oct. 28, 312—17 centuries and a couple months ago—the armies of two rival Roman emperors clashed at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge just outside Rome. One of the leaders was Constantine, and ...
In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine received a vision from God: if he embraced Christianity he would win. His ...
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