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Constantine the Great: The reorganization of the Empire and the triumph of the Church

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS
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The narrative traces the emperor's rise amid late Roman administrative reforms, the persecution of Christians, his succession and consolidation of power, and the political struggles with rivals. It examines his conversion to Christianity and the legal and ecclesiastical measures that followed, including imperial patronage, engagement with theological disputes, and the Arian controversy culminating in the Council of Nicaea. The work also treats domestic tragedies and dynastic murders, the founding and shaping of a new imperial capital, and wide administrative reorganization of the state. Concluding chapters assess his death, character, and the enduring relationship forged between imperial authority and the Christian church.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT Frontispiece
  From the British Museum Print Room.  
 
BUST OF DIOCLETIAN 22
 
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 40
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
THE GOLDEN GATE OF DIOCLETIAN’S PALACE AT SALONA (SPALATO) 60
 
BUST OF MAXIMIAN AT ROME 62
  Photograph by Alinari.  
 
FRAGMENT OF 4TH CENTURY EGYPTIAN POTTERY BOWL 70
  Showing an early portrait of Christ, with busts of the Emperor Constantine and the Empress Fausta. From the British Museum.  
 
THE BATTLE OF THE MILVIAN BRIDGE, BY RAPHAEL 86
  In the Vatican. Photograph by Alinari.  
 
THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE AT ROME 90
  Photograph by Alinari.  
 
CONSTANTINE’S VISION OF THE CROSS, BY RAPHAEL 94
  In the Vatican. Photograph by Alinari.  
 
THE WESTERN SIDE OF A PEDESTAL, SHOWING THE HOMAGE OF THE VANQUISHED GOTHS 126
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ARLES 168
  Exterior view. Present day.  
 
THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ARLES AS IT APPEARED IN 1686 172
  From an old print.  
 
STATUE OF CONSTANTINE FROM THE PORCH OF SAN GIOVANNI IN LATERAN, AT ROME 188
 
GATE OF ST. ANDREW AT AUTUN 212
 
“CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS MOTHER, ST. HELENA, HOLY, EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES” 238
  From a picture discovered 1845, in an old church of Mesembria. From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
THE DONATION OF CONSTANTINE 248
  From the painting by Raphael in the Vatican. Photograph by Alinari.  
 
ST. HELENA’S VISION OF THE CROSS 250
  By Paul Veronese. National Gallery, London.  
 
CHART OF THE EASTERN SECTION OF MEDIÆVAL CONSTANTINOPLE 258
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN LATERAN, ROME 262
  Photograph by Alinari.  
 
ST. HELENA AND THE CROSS 268
  By Cranach. Lichtenstein Gallery, Vienna.  
 
COLUMN OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 270
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
THE THREE EXISTING MONUMENTS OF THE HIPPODROME 276
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
PLAN OF THE HIPPODROME 278
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
THE SERPENT OF DELPHI 280
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
ST. ATHANASIUS 288
  From the British Museum Print Room.  
 
BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE AT ROME 302
  From Rome of To-Day and Yesterday, by John Dennie.  
 
THE SUPPOSED SARCOPHAGI OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND THEODOSIUS THE GREAT 314
  From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.  
 
 
LIST OF COINS
 
COPPER DENARIUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, SHOWING THE LABARUM 324
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTIUS II., WITH THE LABARUM 324
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF DIOCLETIAN 324
 
SOLIDUS OF MAXIMIAN 324
 
AUREUS OF CARAUSIUS 332
 
AUREUS OF ALLECTUS 332
 
SOLIDUS OF HELENA 332
 
SOLIDUS OF GALERIUS 332
 
SOLIDUS OF SEVERUS II. 332
 
SOLIDUS OF MAXIMIN DAZA 340
 
SOLIDUS OF LICINIUS I. 340
 
SOLIDUS OF LICINIUS II. 340
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 340
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 348
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF FAUSTA 348
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CRISPUS 348
 
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTIUS II. AS CÆSAR 348

                  CONSTANTIUS CHLORUS                        m. (1) Helena                           (2) Theodora (d. of Emperor Maximian)

(1) Constantius = Helena                     (2) Constantius = Theodora                 |                                            |      Constantine the Great                                   |            m. (1) Minervina                                  |               (2) Fausta (d. of Emperor Maximian)            |                                                              | (1) Constantine = Minervina    (2) Constantine = Fausta      |                 |                              |             | Crispus                           |             | (killed in 326)                      |             |                                                |             |        +--------------+-------------+----------+--------+    |        |              |             |          |        |   |      |        Constantius II.     |     Constantina |  | Constantine II. (d. 361)   Constans           Helena |   (killed in 340)     |        (killed in 350)          m.  |                   A daughter                         Julian |                                                              | +---------+----------+---------------+---------+-------+        |         |          |             |         |       |     Constantine  |      Constantius        |      |   | (killed in 337)  |     (killed, 337)  |     Anastasia   |  Dalmatius  m. (1) Galla    Constantia    m.   Eutropia            Annibalianus    (2) Basilina m.    Bassianus   m.         |            | Emperor   (Cæsar) Nepotianus         +--------+------+         |     Licinius             |      | | |             |     Dalmatius    Annibalianus |   Licinianus    Flavius Popilius   (Cæsar in 335; (King of Pontus; |  killed in 326)     Nepotianus killed in 337) killed in 337) |                   (killed in 390)                                   |           (1) Constantius = Galla     (2) Constantius = Basilina                          |                           |                  +--------+-------+                   |                  |                |                   |                A son,          Gallus              Julian          (killed in 337)  (killed in 354)     (Emperor, 361)


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