In 306 AD Constantine was declared an Augustus, one of the Emperors then ruling the Roman Empire. Over the next twenty years Constantine manged to overthrow all his competitors and name a city after himself. Hidden behind this is Helena, his mother. She in 228-230, before her death in her 80s, managed to get her son not only as Emperor but as arbiter of Christianity, creator and promulgator of the Creed now used in all Christian churches.
Constantine was a brutal manipulator who executed almost all of his competition, a practice permitted at the time.
Are we now seeing new Constantines emerge? Just a thought.
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