Was Emperor Constantine a polytheist?

Constantine was born during this period in AD 273 and was raised a polytheist by his polytheist parents. The third century crisis had begun with the assassination of Emperor Severus Alexander by his own troops in 235 which led to a 50-year long leadership crisis with at least 26 claimants to the title of emperor.

What happened to Constantine’s father Constantius?

Constantine and his father left Gaul and crossed into Britain to win a great battle over the Picts, but on 25 July 306, Constantine’s father Constantius died in Eboracum (York). Afterwards, Constantine’s father’s troops proclaimed Constantine as Augustus in the West, and he agreed.

Why did Constantine marry Fausta?

Constantine’s holdings at this time were not much: mostly Britain, Gaul and Spain. Leithart says that, Constantine realized Galerius was an insecure foundation to build his future on, so Constantine made alliance with Maximian and Maxentius, sealing that alliance by marrying Maximian’s daughter Fausta in the summer of AD 307.