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Heroes of the Nations
EDITED BY
H. W. Carless Davis, M.A.
FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD
FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM.—OVID, IN LIVIAM, 265.
THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.
CONSTANTINE

CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM PRINT ROOM. Frontispiece.