6Constantine the Great (272-337 AD)

Recognized for his conversion to Christianity and the Edict of Milan, which granted religious tolerance, Constantine shifted the course of Roman history.

He established Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) as the new capital, setting the stage for the Byzantine Empire.

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