Const an tine

City of e. Algeria, 40 m. from the sea; anciently Cirta, capital of Numidia; ruined ab. 310; rebuilt by C.; taken by Arabs 710, and by the French 1837. Pop., 1891, 46,581. Const an tine, FLAVIUS VALERIUS AURELIUS, 274-337. "The Great"; Roman Emperor 306; son of Constant i us Chloras. He defeated Maxentius, who had seized Rome, Oct. 27, 312; defeated and dethroned Licinius, who had the dominion of the East, 323, and became sole Emperor; made Byzantium his capital and renamed it Constantinople; published several edicts in favor of Christians 321; convened the Council of Nicæa 325, and was baptized when near death. His eldest surviving son, CONST AN TINE II., 316-340, inherited Gaul, Spain, and Britain.