What effect did Constantine have on the Roman Empire?

Answer 1

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.

Answer 2

AnswerConstantine's ruthless desire for unfettered rule and for his family to succeed him, reversed the progress that Diocletian might have made away from an autocratic form of government and perhaps ultimately towards democracy. Diocletian had created a formal power sharing arrangement, with two Augusti, or senior emperors, and two Caesars, or minor emperors, with a defined progression from Caesar to Augustus, and election on merit not family lineage. Constantine gradually defeated his main imperial opponents until becoming undisputed ruler of the Roman Empire, and used the style of Diocletion's tetrarchy to ensure that his fmaily members succeeded him. There were to be no more attempts to move the empire towards responsible government.

Constantine was undoubtedly a great military leader. He achieved some significant victories against the German tribes, although subsequently abandoning the territory gained.

Constantine is most well known for setting in train the process that made Christian domination of the Roman Empire inevitable. While it was beyond the ability of one man in a single lifetime to convert the citizens of the empire from devout faith in the pagan gods to Christianity, the process had become almost inevitable by the time of his death. He achieved this by giving the Christian Church state patronage, publicly repudiating his pagan responsibilities, and eventually by persecuting and plundering the pagan temples. Without Constantine, Christianity might have remained a minor sect within the Roman Empire. The fact that Europe is seen today in terms of being Christian, is a legacy of Constantine.

Constantine built the great city of Constantinople on the site of the former village of Byzantium and began the shift of power from Rome to the east. He undermined Rome's economy by his extravagance and some of his policies, and unknowingly hastened the end of what would soon become the Western Empire.

Constantine created a culture that paganism had to be totally destroyed, which subsequent Christian leaders used to justify destroying the intellectual property of the empire, including all books that did not encourage the Christian faith. Although the destruction of the fabled library of Alexandria occurred decades after Constantine's death, it is part of his legacy, because of the destructive and intolerant culture that he initiated. Thus began the long period known as the Dark Ages.

Answer 3

Established Christianity as the official religion of Europe.

Answer 4

He ended civil war and reunited the Empire previously divided into four by Diocletian..

Answer 5

Constantine had no effect whatsoever on the calendar.