Constantine's

During the life of the empire, the term was reserved for Constantine's city, originally a Greek colony called Byzantion, whose inhabitants liked to vaunt their identity as "Byzantines."

The Glories of Byzantium Judith Herrin 2011

Harrison: Constantine's big Greek family is a phenomenal date, the country will be captivated by Ames to see what stock this guy came from and with Ben this is where you'll see the dark horse maybe move forward.

Chris Harrison: Brad Feels Stupid and Ashamed Over Losing Emily 2011

Feb. 15th, 2010 at 12: 06 AM reading_gibbon: Chapter XVII: Constantinople and Constantine's system of government

Linkspam for 15-2-2010 nwhyte 2010

We'll see what Constantine's priorities are in the coming months.

Constantine Proposes County Spending Limits « PubliCola 2010

The second half of the chapter is a description of the political set-up of the Christian church during and after Constantine's reign.

Gibbon Chapter XX nwhyte 2010

Philips is right - and Constantine's tax proposal was only designed to polarize the public against frontline County workers and divert attention from the County's own bloated, overpaid bureaucracy filled with redundant managers earning over $100K per year.

Phillips to Call for Audit of Sheriff’s Department « PubliCola 2010

Constantine's latest proposal to float a (dead on arrival) sales tax hike is nothing more than a rope-a-dope move to piggy back on anti-union, anti-worker sentiment.

Constantine Won’t Push for Legislation Curbing Health Care Costs for High-Paid Workers « PubliCola 2010

"For as long as you continue to contend about these small and very insignificant questions" — and this indicates the profundity of Constantine's interest in Christianity — "it is not fitting that so large a portion of God's people should be under the direction of your judgment."

Blind Faith? 2009

Constantine's hidden agenda is to float a new tax to placate the left; to see it fail and force concesssions from the County's frontline workers (while protecting the highest paid employees from similar scorn) - and claim victory from both the right and left.

Constantine Won’t Push for Legislation Curbing Health Care Costs for High-Paid Workers « PubliCola 2010

The first half of the chapter is an investigation into Constantine's conversion, one of Gibbon's few attempts to get under the skin of a complex psychological individual who made a crucial political decision, and on whom the historical sources are in sometimes vigorous conflict.

Gibbon Chapter XX nwhyte 2010