What type of government was formed under Constantine I?

Answer 1

Constantine I ruled the ancient Roman Empire from 313 to 337 AD CE. Reportedly, he was a covert to Christianity. Other historians say he only converted on his death bed to Christianity, others say there is no evidence he ever did.

With that said, Constantine certainly was the first emperor to publicly support the Christian Church. By doing so, he staked out a claim that places him among the most influential emperors of the imperial era. His support was clearly a turning point in Roman history.

Constantine, officially made the eastern capital of the empire in the city he named after himself, on the location of what would be the capital of Byzantium.

Constantine gained sole power of the empire by 324 AD CE. For all practical purposes he became the "founder" of the Eastern Roman empire. After deposing of all rivals. he made Christianity the official State religion. That being the case, Constantine favored Christians for various governmental positions.

Once again, as a "favorite" son of Christianity, Constantine built churches in the manner of construction of Roman temples. He also tried to restore properties that Christians had lost because of their religion.

Now as sole emperor, the divided rule of the empire by Diocletian, was abolished. Constantine created a new "constitution". The result of which placed him in the role of "dictator" although the power he had, but that name of dictator, he did not have.

For administrative purposes, Constantine divided the empire into four large "praefectures". These were subdivided into Church like names such as "Dioceses" and the traditional names of Provinces.

Duties were divied among the divisions to construct roads and other public projects. Basically he made leaders of the large divisions free to make final decisions. Unless there was a special circumstance, there was no appeal process to either Rome or to Constantinople.

Civil services conducted other matters such as sea ports, manufacturing and coinage.

To support this heavy level of government "structures" of power required a higher level of taxation. Later historians would site this huge increase in taxes to one, just one of the reasons of the decline of the empire.

In his later years, Constantine, adapted the wealthy practices of the Hellenic Greeks. No extravagatences was denied.

Answer 2

centralized