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Canaris, Constantine

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Caramanlis, Constantine

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Donation of Constantine

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(Encyclopedia)Constantine, d. 411, Roman general. He was proclaimed emperor by the Roman troops in Britain in 407 and led a revolt in Gaul and Spain against the Western emperor Honorius. He conquered part of Gaul a...

Constantine, city, Algeria

(Encyclopedia)Constantine kŏnˈstəntēn [key], ancient Cirta, city, capital of Constantine dept., NE Alge...

Constantine, Donation of

(Encyclopedia)Constantine, Donation of, Lat. Constitutum Constantini, forged document, probably drafted in the 8th cent. It purported to be a grant by Roman Emperor Constantine I of great temporal power in Italy an...

Constantine the Great

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Anson, Adrian Constantine

(Encyclopedia)Anson, Adrian Constantine ănˈsən [key], 1851–1922, American baseball player-manager, known usually as “Cap” Anson, b. Marshalltown, Iowa. For most of his career he played with the Chicago clu...

Nicaea, empire of

(Encyclopedia)Nicaea, empire of, 1204–61. In 1204 the armies of the Fourth Crusade set up the Latin Empire of Constantinople, but the Crusaders' influence did not extend over the entire Byzantine Empire. Several ...

Theodore II , Byzantine emperor of Nicaea

(Encyclopedia)Theodore II (Theodore Lascaris), 1222–58, Byzantine emperor of Nicaea (1254–58), son and successor of John III. He fought the Bulgarians and temporarily regained parts of Thrace. He made Nicaea a ...