christianity in constantinople

The Emperor Constantine I was the sole ruler of the Roman world between 324 and 337 C.E. His reign was likely the most crucial of all the Roman emperors in determining the future course of western civilization. Constantine began the process of making Christianity the religious foundation of Europe. Also, his Constantinople replaced the city of Rome as the center of imperial power. This set the stage for the occurrences of the Middle Ages. His philosophical …

…Constans I, Constantina, and Helen, born of his union with Fausta, survived him, whereas Crispus, his son by Minervina, was executed along with Fausta for reasons that are not clear. His rule was monumental in the history of the world. Constantine changed the institutions of religion, maintained an otherwise doomed Greco-Roman culture, built a city which stood for hundreds of years and set trends which would influence the world up to and including the present.