No. Constantine defeated a rival general named Severus to become Emperor of Rome. In fact, Diocletian was the first emperor to abdicate, and he lived out the rest of his life quietly.
Constantine didn't split the Roman Empire. It was Diocletian, and he divided the empire into western and eastern halves.
Apart from laws which favoured the Christians, Constantine mostly retained the reforms introduced by his predecessor, Diocletian.
The two emperors who tried to restore order in the Roman Empire were Diocletian and Constantine I (or the Great).
Constantine the Great built his imperial capital on the eastern tip of north-eastern Greece. He redeveloped Byzantium and renamed after himself: Constantinople, which means City of Constantine. Rome had already ceased to be the capital of the empire under Diocletian, his predecessor. Diocletian created the tetrarchy (rule by four) in which the empire was rules by two senior emperors ans two junior ones. The also created an imperial seat for each emperor. These were Nicomedia (modern Iztmit, in north-western Turkey), Mediolanum (Milan, in northern Italy), (Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, near Belgrade, Serbia), and Augusta Trevorum (Triers, in south-western Germany .In actual fact, Constantine shifted his capital slightly to the west. Constantinople was 60 miles to the west of Nicomedia, which had been the imperial seat of Diocletian.
The main difference between the two emperors was that Diocletian persecuted the Christians, while Constantine supported them.
The main difference between the two emperors was that Diocletian persecuted the Christians, while Constantine supported them.
Philosophy and Peniology.
Constantine
Yes, Constantine's father, Constantius, was one of the Caesars appointed by Diocletian. After the abdication of Diocletian he became co-emperor with Galerius.
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Diocletian and Constantine.
Constantine grew up in the court of Emperor Diocletian.
No. Constantine defeated a rival general named Severus to become Emperor of Rome. In fact, Diocletian was the first emperor to abdicate, and he lived out the rest of his life quietly.
Constantine didn't split the Roman Empire. It was Diocletian, and he divided the empire into western and eastern halves.
Diocletian introduced radical Christianity. Constantine, a Mithraist, harnessed it as a means of extending his secular power through a religious counterpart, selecting it over Mithraism because it had a structure of bishops which he could control and utilise.