Constantine
1. Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) • Syn: Constantine I, Constantine the Great, Flavius Valerius Constantinus • Instance Hypernyms: Roman Emperor, Emperor of Rome 2. a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers; was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by Constantine I • Instance Hypernyms: city, metropolis, urban center • Part Holonyms: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
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