(Emperor) Constantine I OF ROME 
(Emperor) Constantine I was born in Naissus, MOESIA (now Nis, YUGOSLAVIA). (Emperor) Constantine I's father was Flavius Valerius CONSTANTIUS and his mother was (St.) Julia "Helena" * OF ROME. His paternal grandparents were Flavius Dardania * EUTROPIUS and Claudia CRISPINA. He was an only child. He died in Ancyrona, BITHYNIA (now Izmit, TURKEY).General Notes
TITLE: Emperor of ROME, acceded BET. 306-337
ALIA: "The Great"
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The Emperor Constantine is the legendary ancestor of the early Welsh royal lines. He became the sole emperor of the Roman world by 323 A.D., after eliminating his five rivals for power. Before a decisive battle with one of his rivals, he is supposed to have seen at noonday a vision of a flaming cross, together with the legend "by this conquer". The cross became Constantine's battle symbol, and Christianity henceforth received favored treatment in his empire.
Constantine's actions helped to bring about the final apostasy of the Christian Chruch. Although he was not baptized until shortly before his death, Constantine demonstrated his supremacy over the the ecclesiastical affairs of the church as the President of the Council of Nicaea in 325. There he called for compromises that served the purpose of bringing peace to the state but chaos to the church, for the compromises actually amounted to a proclamation of new doctrine that no side could fully support. Under Constantine, the Roman government was transformed from a quasi-constitutional monarchy to an absolute despotism. This spirit of absolute authority was to prevail in both church and state for many centuries.
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This lineage [Constantine's] was proposed in the Scriptores Historiae A ugustae which was written purportedly by Trebellius Pollio during the r eign of Constantine I. This lineage was to show the connection of Constantine to the earlier emperors and most modern scholars refute its validity. Constantine issued a series of coins ca. 340 showing Claudius Gothicus (II) on the reverse which was meant to show his ancestry. -- Todd Farmerie, GEN-MEDIEVAL, 22 Apr 2004
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0217 in Rome, ITALY
- b.~ 0242 in BRITAIN d.25 Jul. 306 in Eboracum York, BRITAIN
- b.~ 0100 in <ITALY>
- b.26 Apr. 121 in Rome, LATIUM d.ABT. 17 Mar. 179/80 in Vindobono/Vienna, AUSTRIA
- b.~ 0100 in ITALY
- b.31 Aug. 161 in Lanuvium, LATIUM d.31 Dec. 192
- b.19 Sep. 86 AD in Lanuvium, LATIUM d.Mar. 160/61 in Lorium, ETRURIA
- b.~ 0125 in ITALY d.0175
- b.~ 0221
- b.10 B.C. in Lugdunum, GAUL d.54 A.D. in Possibly poisoned by wife
- b.ABT. 80 A.D.
- b.~ 0160 d.0199
- b.27 Feb. 288 in Naissus, MOESIA (now Nis, YUGOSLAVIA) d.22 May 337 in Ancyrona, BITHYNIA (now Izmit, TURKEY)
- b.ABT. 248 (or 265) in Drepanum, BITHYNIA d.ABT. 328 (or 336) in NECOMEDIA
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Details of (Emperor) Constantine I's family with Flavia Maxima OF ROME
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