Roman Emperor Constantine "Hand Of God" Coin Portfolio Album

Roman emperor Constantine I, the Great, 307 - 337 AD, is best known for being the first Christian Roman emperor. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, the turning point for Christianity’s rise in Rome is attributed to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge on Oct 28, 312 AD. Before the battle, Constantine beheld a flaming cross in the sky and the words, In Hoc Signo Vinces! (In This Sign Ye Shall Conquer). Seeing this as a divine signal, it is said that Constantine had his soldiers paint the symbol of the Christogram on their shields. The battle ended with the defeat of the much larger army of his rival, Maxentius. The following year Constantine issued the historic Edict of Milan (313 AD) that proclaimed religious toleration throughout the empire; it legalized Christianity, ended persecution, returned confiscated Church property, and establishes Sunday as a day of worship. Constantine constructed the new eastern capital of the Roman Empire at Constantinople in 330 AD. Later, that ci