Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus was one of few who went to the extremes of killing his own family members just to keep his new booming Empire up and running. Constantine ruled from 306 A.D. until 337 A.D. During Constantine the Great’s thirty-one years of ruling, he influenced the Roman Empire that affected the Roman people in a virtuous way. He strengthened Christianity in Rome and was a martyr in making Christianity a respected religion, he created economic reforms that helped the common people, and crafted impressive structures throughout the Empire.
Throughout Constantine’s reign, he strongly enforced Christianity and made it more popular throughout the Empire. Constantine …show more content…
To develop his empire even move he went to war with Maxentius, Licinius, and even his own family. The fight first occurred at the bride of Milan and ended the era to political division, which reunified the Roman Empire (Constantine). The reason for the conflict is that Maxentius extended his ruling to Spain and North Africa and Constantine expanding into Gaul (Smitha). However Constantine still wanted to flourish and also tried to conquer Spain and North Africa. Subsequently the dispute between who wanted to expand where and into what part of Rome started the rival between the two. Up until the war with Licinius, there were two rulers in Rome during Constantine’s time. Constantine ruled with another ruler named Licinius until they fought each other in battle twice. The first time Licinius and Constantine clashed was at Adrianople in Thrace, and then later in Chrsopolis on the Bosporus in 324. One known reason for the disagreement was Constantine Violated treaty terms and conditions when Licinius was not ok with his decisions. Winning both wars in 325 Constantine showed he was the sole and undisputed master of the Roman World, and became a solo ruler.