# Constantine the Great — Leviathan character guide

> Constantine the Great in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Constantine

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

First Christian Roman emperor, who legalized Christianity.

## In the story

### [Of Demonology, and Other Relics of the Religion of the Gentiles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xlv-of-demonology-and-other-relics-of-the-religion-of-the-gentiles)

First emperor to profess and authorize Christian religion, and under whom the Bishop of Rome began to regulate religion.

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