Part one of term paper
is considered by many one of the best emperors of Roman history. Constantine was the first emperor to convert to Cristianityand also founded the great city of Constantinople which remained the capital of the eastern Romans empire until 1453. was born Flavius Valerius Constantinus at Nis, in what is now Serbia, son of the commander Constant ...

Part two of term paper
... for the throne, and he did not finally establish himself as sole ruler until 324.Constantine in his early life was a solar henotheist, believing that the Roman sun god, Sol, was the visible manifestation of an invisible "Highest God" who was the principle behind the universe. This god was thought to be the companion of the Roman emperor. Constantine's faith in this god is evident from his claim of having had a vision of the sun god in 310 while in a grove of Apollo in Gaul. In 312, on the eve o ...