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Constantine the Great biography timeline

Explore a static chronology of 1 World History Database records for Constantine the Great. The page is generated from the same biography records used by the searchable database, making important life events directly crawlable and readable.

1 records 1216–1216 record span 1 event labels 1 country

Life and historical importance

Constantine the Great: life, career and historical significance

Roman emperor who openly supported Christianity and founded Constantinople. His civil-war victories, imperial reforms and patronage of the Christian church reshaped the Roman state and had lasting effects on European and Mediterranean religious history.

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Chronology

Constantine the Great: dated events and historical records

Records are ordered by year, month and day where dates are available. The wording below comes from the World History Database biography collection.

1216
1216

Succession

Vladimir · Russia · House · House of Rurik · Prince

Succeeds as Grand Prince of Vladimir

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Last reviewed: September 2026.

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