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CONSTANTINE THE GREAT1Constantine the first was the Roman emperor who ruled Rome in early fourth century.He was the first emperor who saw his empire to emerge as a Christian state. Before becomingthe emperor, he fought alongside with his father against Britain. After his father’s death hewas declared to be the emperor by his troops (Beeler et al.). Constantine began to fight tostrengthen and make his designation official, he began to fight for power thus the civil warstarted. He fought against different Roman divisions including that of Maxentius’. Accountsof the emperor’s life state that he met the forces of Maxentius on the Tiber river and orderedto paint the Christian symbol on the shields of his army (Woods). According to the accounts,Constantine believed Christianity to be his strength therefore he conquered the Bartle andentered Rome. Through this battle, Constantine became the emperor of the western part ofRome. During 324, he tried his strength in the battle against Licinius, the only eastern Romanemperor. After defeating him, Constantine reunited the entire empire of Rome. He foundedthe city of Constantinople as the capital of Rome.After securing his designation, Constantine focused on the administration by bringingsome very important changes in his state. He introduced two major reforms in both themilitary as well as political spheres. The time was marked by the incursions of the barbariansin the poorly secured places near Rhine and Danube rivers. The Romans therefore followedthe strategy of forward defence to actively assault the powers of the barbarians (Ahangar etal.). Now Constantine brought newmilitary reforms in his policy that reduced militaryimportance to the military importance of the border provinces and increased significance ontransporting as well as maintaining the Roman masses in the major urban centres. He broughttwo-point division in the military. He employed a portion of his army in the frontierprovinces termed as limitanei and others in the main field armies knownas comitatenses.The policy was to defend the barbarian tribes initially until the heavy force arrive.
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