The Life of Constantine the Great

  • 272

    Born in Nis, Serbia

  • 303

    Diocletian orders Roman forces to persecute Christians

  • 306

    Became Emperor of Rome

  • 312

    Launched the Invasion on Italy

  • 313

    Issued the Edict of Milan

    Allowed Christianity
  • 325

    Founded the Council of Nicea

    The first Council of NIcea was a council of Christian bishops convened in NIcea in Bithynia by Constatntine.
  • 337

    Death

  • Scholae Palatinae

    The Scholae Palatinae were an elite military guard unit, usually ascribed to the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great as a replacement for the equites singulares Augusti, the cavalry arm of the Praetorian Guard.