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Heroes of the Nations
EDITED BY
H. W. Carless Davis, M.A.
FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD
FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM.—OVID, IN LIVIAM, 265.
THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.
CONSTANTINE
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.
FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM PRINT ROOM. Frontispiece.
CONSTANTINE
THE GREAT
THE REORGANISATION OF THE EMPIRE AND
THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH
BY
JOHN B. FIRTH
(SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF QUEEN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD)
AUTHOR OF “AUGUSTUS CÆSAR,” “A TRANSLATION OF PLINY’S LETTERS,” ETC.
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK
27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
LONDON
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The Knickerbocker Press
1905
Copyright, 1904
BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Published, January, 1905
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
