Soldiers Of Rome - [272 - 337 A.D.] - Constantine

SOLDIERS OF ROME [272 - 337 A.D.] - PART 3 - Caesar Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus (27 February c. 272 22 May 337), commonly known in English as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Christians) Saint Constantine (pronounced /ˈkɒnstɛntaɪn/), was Roman emperor from 306, and the undisputed holder of that office from 324 until his death in 337. Best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine reversed the persecutions of his predecessor, Diocletian, and issued (with his co-emperor Licinius) the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed religious toleration throughout the empire.

The Byzantine liturgical calendar, observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine rite, lists both Constantine and his mother Helena as saints. Although he is not included in the Latin Church's list of saints, which does recognize several other Constantines as saints, he is revered under the title "The Great" for his contributions to Christianity.

Constantine also transformed the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium into a new imperial residence, Constantinople, which would remain the capital of the Byzantine Empire for over one thousand years.

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[RozanKoryuha]

I do not believe that Constantine was a Christian. I think he was rather a man who used the Instrumentum Regni, the power of religion to rule the greatest empire in history.

In any case, CroPETROforever I love your videos, congratulations!

[CroPETROforever]

@RozanKoryuha thx :)

[roxanne1709]

why all the fucking lights all the time at their faces? You cant really see right

[CroPETROforever]

@roxanne1709 you see the battles without lights, but lights are on face of constantine and his soldiers because what he did, was more than battle... it was a religious move that changed face of the world... (europe, africa and asia) with christianity... I'm sorry if you don't like it.

[StellandBlood]

Epic!!!

[Seekarr]

I like the accuracy here when compared to other pieces which pronounce his name "Constanteen" and show Roman Legionaires with red cloaks of the Julius Caesar era hundreds of years earlier.

[ElGladiateur]

Is there a way to find the name of the tune that plays during Nicaea concil?

[james16181001]

@Lhein33 Not only that, but the lessons of Christianity somehow helped them, in a way or another... I can't tell you specifically how.. I know that they were only 15% of the population, but don't forget that one of their missions was converting others to their faith... to spread the true word of god.. etc., etc., that's all i can say... they EXPANDED...

[Lhein33]

@james16181001 1. I can't see how the belief in one God "helps" the poor.

2. Christians never revolted against the rich people, they didn't revolt against their persecutors either.

3. The poor were the majority in the empire, but they were not all Christians. I repeat that the Christians when Constantine became emperor were only the 15% of the empire's population.

[james16181001]

@Lhein33 P.S.: In that time believing in many gods, was not "helping" very much (I speak for the poor), so they who were poor (naturally, the majority of the people that lived in the empire) decided that they had to believe in ONE god. Christianity helped them to ask their rights and to revolt to the rich people. That's why Christianity spread so much iin the Roman Empire and normally pagans got out-numbered, that was the reason why they were winning...

[james16181001]

@Lhein33 that, i don't really know, but as I said, Christians were making more and more people like themselves, they were converting them into Christians, and the "minority" began to grew... Constantine was wise, he analyzed the situation, and he saw who were winning (although, slowly) and he realized that he had no choice but to declare Christianity as the formal faith of the Roman Empire... even if he had chosen pagans, Christians, would still go on converting people...

[Lhein33]

@james16181001 Yes, but why not base his empire on the unity created by paganism (the religion of the majority) but on christianity (faith of the minority)?

[james16181001]

@Lhein33 because without unity, his empire couldn't go any further....

[james16181001]

@Lhein33 That's not my argument or opinion, I have red it in a book. You're right when you say "how did Constantine choose the Christians when they were a minority?". the fact is that they were wining, they were making more Christians, in time, pagans were converting and Constantine knew, who the "winner" would be. That's why he joined the Christians. He joined them, not only because they were winning, but mostly, for the fact that his empire should had one religion, should had unity