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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 60
(SPALATO)

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.

THE WESTERN SIDE OF A PEDESTAL, SHOWING THE HOMAGE OF 126
THE VANQUISHED GOTHS

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 188
IN LATERAN, AT ROME

GATE OF ST. ANDREW AT AUTUN 212

“CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS MOTHER, ST. HELENA, 238
HOLY, EQUAL TO THE APOSTLES”

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 258
CONSTANTINOPLE

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.

COLUMN 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 314
THEODOSIUS THE GREAT

From Grosvenor’s _Constantinople_.

LIST OF COINS

COPPER DENARIUS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT, SHOWING THE 324
LABARUM

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

SOLIDUS 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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