Statue: Constantine the Great was made Roman Emperor in York in AD 306. England, UK, Europe.

This statue outside of York Minster honors Constantine the Great (or Saint Constantine, AD 274 - 337) who was proclaimed Roman Emperor in York in AD 306. York is in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Constantine was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian-Greek origin from 306 to 337. While campaigning under his father in Britannia (Britain), Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his father's death in 306 AD. He emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD. Among his many major reforms, Constantine separated the civil and military authorities. To combat inflation, he introduced a new gold coin, the solidus, the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, and he played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity in the Roman empire. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325, at which the Nicene Creed was adopted by Christians. Constantine pursued successful campaigns against the tribes on the Roman frontiers—the Franks, the Alamanni, the Goths, and the Sarmatians—even resettling territories abandoned by his predecessors during the Crisis of the Third Century. He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople after himself. It became the capital of the Empire for more than a thousand years, and the later Eastern Empire was known as the Byzantine Empire. He replaced Diocletian's tetrarchy with the principle of dynastic succession by leaving the empire to his sons. He is venerated as a saint by Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics. Historically, he has been called the "First Christian Emperor" for his promotion of the Christian Church, but some modern scholars d

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This statue outside of York Minster honors Constantine the Great (or Saint Constantine, AD 274 - 337) who was proclaimed Roman Emperor in York in AD 306. York is in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Constantine was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian-Greek origin from 306 to 337. While campaigning under his father in Britannia (Britain), Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his father's death in 306 AD. He emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD. Among his many major reforms, Constantine separated the civil and military authorities. To combat inflation, he introduced a new gold coin, the solidus, the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, and he played an influential role in the proclamation of the Edict of Milan in 313, which declared religious tolerance for Christianity in the Roman empire. He called the First Council of Nicaea in 325, at which the Nicene Creed was adopted by Christians. Constantine pursued successful campaigns against the tribes on the Roman frontiers—the Franks, the Alamanni, the Goths, and the Sarmatians—even resettling territories abandoned by his predecessors during the Crisis of the Third Century. He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople after himself. It became the capital of the Empire for more than a thousand years, and the later Eastern Empire was known as the Byzantine Empire. He replaced Diocletian's tetrarchy with the principle of dynastic succession by leaving the empire to his sons. He is venerated as a saint by Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics. Historically, he has been called the "First Christian Emperor" for his promotion of the Christian Church, but some modern scholars d