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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT Frontispiece
From the British Museum Print Room.
BUST OF DIOCLETIAN 22
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 40
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
THE GOLDEN GATE OF DIOCLETIAN’S PALACE AT SALONA (SPALATO) 60
BUST OF MAXIMIAN AT ROME 62
Photograph by Alinari.
FRAGMENT OF 4TH CENTURY EGYPTIAN POTTERY BOWL 70
Showing an early portrait of Christ, with busts of the Emperor Constantine and the Empress Fausta. From the British Museum.
THE BATTLE OF THE MILVIAN BRIDGE, BY RAPHAEL 86
In the Vatican. Photograph by Alinari.
THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE AT ROME 90
Photograph by Alinari.
CONSTANTINE’S VISION OF THE CROSS, BY RAPHAEL 94
In the Vatican. Photograph by Alinari.
xTHE WESTERN SIDE OF A PEDESTAL, SHOWING THE HOMAGE OF THE VANQUISHED GOTHS 126
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ARLES 168
Exterior view. Present day.
THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ARLES AS IT APPEARED IN 1686 172
From an old print.
STATUE OF CONSTANTINE FROM THE PORCH OF SAN GIOVANNI IN LATERAN, AT ROME 188
GATE OF ST. ANDREW AT AUTUN 212
“CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS MOTHER, ST. HELENA, HOLY, EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES” 238
From a picture discovered 1845, in an old church of Mesembria. From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
THE DONATION OF CONSTANTINE 248
From the painting by Raphael in the Vatican. Photograph by Alinari.
ST. HELENA’S VISION OF THE CROSS 250
By Paul Veronese. National Gallery, London.
CHART OF THE EASTERN SECTION OF MEDIÆVAL CONSTANTINOPLE 258
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN LATERAN, ROME 262
Photograph by Alinari.
ST. HELENA AND THE CROSS 268
By Cranach. Lichtenstein Gallery, Vienna.
xiCOLUMN OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 270
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
THE THREE EXISTING MONUMENTS OF THE HIPPODROME 276
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
PLAN OF THE HIPPODROME 278
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
THE SERPENT OF DELPHI 280
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
ST. ATHANASIUS 288
From the British Museum Print Room.
BASILICA OF CONSTANTINE AT ROME 302
From Rome of To-Day and Yesterday, by John Dennie.
THE SUPPOSED SARCOPHAGI OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND THEODOSIUS THE GREAT 314
From Grosvenor’s Constantinople.
LIST OF COINS
COPPER DENARIUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, SHOWING THE LABARUM 324
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTIUS II., WITH THE LABARUM 324
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF DIOCLETIAN 324
SOLIDUS OF MAXIMIAN 324
AUREUS OF CARAUSIUS 332
AUREUS OF ALLECTUS 332
SOLIDUS OF HELENA 332
xiiSOLIDUS OF GALERIUS 332
SOLIDUS OF SEVERUS II. 332
SOLIDUS OF MAXIMIN DAZA 340
SOLIDUS OF LICINIUS I. 340
SOLIDUS OF LICINIUS II. 340
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 340
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 348
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF FAUSTA 348
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CRISPUS 348
DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTIUS II. AS CÆSAR 348
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CONSTANTIUS CHLORUS m. (1) Helena (2) Theodora (d. of Emperor Maximian)
(1) Constantius = Helena (2) Constantius = Theodora | | Constantine the Great | m. (1) Minervina | (2) Fausta (d. of Emperor Maximian) | | (1) Constantine = Minervina (2) Constantine = Fausta | | | | Crispus | | (killed in 326) | | | | +--------------+-------------+----------+--------+ | | | | | | | | Constantius II. | Constantina | | Constantine II. (d. 361) Constans Helena | (killed in 340) | (killed in 350) m. | A daughter Julian | | +---------+----------+---------------+---------+-------+ | | | | | | Constantine | Constantius | | | (killed in 337) | (killed, 337) | Anastasia | Dalmatius m. (1) Galla Constantia m. Eutropia Annibalianus (2) Basilina m. Bassianus m. | | Emperor (Cæsar) Nepotianus +--------+------+ | Licinius | | | | | Dalmatius Annibalianus | Licinianus Flavius Popilius (Cæsar in 335; (King of Pontus; | killed in 326) Nepotianus killed in 337) killed in 337) | (killed in 390) | (1) Constantius = Galla (2) Constantius = Basilina | | +--------+-------+ | | | | A son, Gallus Julian (killed in 337) (killed in 354) (Emperor, 361)
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