Constantine, born out of wedlock, had grown to school age before he and his mother were united with his father, to live as a family at the mansion.
In 289, Constantine father arranged with the Emperor Diocletian to divorce his wife, Helena, and marry Emperor's Maximian's daughter, Theodora, and have his son, Constantine serve in Diocletian's imperial court.
Constantine received a formal education at Diocletian’s court where he learned Literature, Latin, Greek and Philosophy, and was able to mix with a variety of pagan and Christian scholars.
The two important events marked the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor of Rome were: - He made Christianity a lawful religion in Roman society. - He founded the city of Constantinople, the brilliant capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
“For he who is Lord of all cannot endure that those blessings which, in his own loving-kindness and consideration of the wants of men he has revealed for the rise of all, should be perverted to serve the lusts of any. His only demand from man is purity of mind and an undefiled spirit; and by this standard he weighs the actions of virtue and godliness.”
―Constantine the Great
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