Constantine the Great
Life and reign
First Christian Roman emperor, who credited a vision before his victory at the Milvian Bridge in 312 for his win and took control of Rome. He legalized Christianity, summoned the council of Nicaea in 325, and dedicated Constantinople in 330, the new Rome that would outlive the old by a thousand years.
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