Constantinian, a.
(kɒnstənˈtɪnɪən)
Of or belonging to the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, or his period (a.d. 306–337).
| 1641 Milton Animadv. (1851) 215 As well the gold of those Apostolick Successors that you boast of, as your Constantinian Silver. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. 152 The state of society existing in Constantinian, but not in Carlovingian Rome. 1865 Ecclesiologist Feb. 2 The columns of the interior octagon are of Constantinian date. |