Showing posts with label Constantine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Constantine. Show all posts
Monday, August 18, 2025

"Helena was visited that emperors might be redeemed." ~ The ancient sources on Saint Helena's discovery of the True Cross

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Early 9th century illustration from northern Italy of Saint Helena discovering the True Cross. The feast day of Saint Helena, the mother of...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

Young Constantine as a Ward (or Hostage) at Diocletian's Court

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Constantine slays a lion in this detail from a 17th century tapestry by Peter Paul Rubens. As part of the series of tapestries by Peter Paul...
Saturday, March 08, 2025

Was Constantine a Sincere Christian? ~ In his own words: The Oration of Constantine to the Saints

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At 43 feet in height, the replica of the Colossus of Constantine in Rome is truly impressive. Most visitors to Rome over the years have marv...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

“Constantine can not be overcome!” ~ Constantine enters Rome in triumph after the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, October 28, AD 312

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Ruben's fanciful rendering of Maxentius plunging to his death at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.  When Constantine entered Rome on Oct...
Thursday, February 11, 2021

Maxentius and His Ill-Fated Reign ~ The last pagan emperor to rule from Rome or a usurper and "inhuman beast"?

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Background: The four original Tetrarchs: Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius and Constantius I. Foreground left: Constnatine the Great. Foregrou...
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Saturday, April 06, 2019

"I myself have witnessed the end of those who harassed the worshipers of God" ~ Constantine's letter to Shapur II of Persia

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A decorative gilt silver plate showing Shapur II hunting, mid-4th century AD (left). A colossal bronze bust of Constantine I, early 4th c...
Monday, May 21, 2018

Constantine's Execution of Crispus and Fausta

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A cameo on the ornate cover of the Ada Gospels believed to show the family of Constantine. A possible identification is, from left: Fausta, ...
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