Arminius's Reviews > Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times

Constantine was the first Catholic Emperor in Rome's History. He conquered many people because he believed that God was on his side. Constantine enacted administrative, financial, social and military reforms to strengthen the empire. He restructured the government, he also introduced new gold coin that became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.

The Roman army was reorganized to consist of mobile units, and garrison troops capable of countering internal threats and barbarian invasions.

Constantine had conquered the Franks, the Alamanni, the Goths and the Sarmatians. He introduced Catholicism to his conquered lands leaving a mostly Catholic Europe in his wake.