Grand Titled Emperors

Historians tend to call successful emperors great, but the question is why? From Alexander the Great to the present day, there are many who have earned the title, but their murder sprees may have marked them as something that could be termed “crimes against humanity” by today’s standards. Bloodshed raids on neighbors, the sacking of cities and the capture of thousands used as slaves for the benefit of their citizens are just some of the heinous deeds they carried out.

Alexander the great

Alexander the Great attacked the Mediterranean regions of what is now Palestine and Syria. He captured cities, murdered most of the civilians, and sent their kings to horrible deaths. The king of Tyre, for example, was dragged behind a chariot for some distance and then nailed to a wall and left to die in front of his people. Others were treated as brutally as he took city after city throughout the region. He then traveled to India, where he traversed the nation to reach Nepal. Not surprisingly, he was eventually poisoned and died at around 32 years of age.

Emperor Constantine

Emperor Claudius Constantine is also titled ‘great’. He rode across Europe to seize the throne from his brother-in-law, Maxentius, while ensuring that no survivors of his army or family would oppose him. One by one, he watched five other emperors retreat, die, or be killed at his hands on their way to sole rule of the Empire. His last conquest was Licinius, who had been his ally in the elimination of Maxentius.

Constantine’s rise to sole rule

To accomplish that task, he elevated his son, Crispus, to the role of emperor. With his help, he dispatched Licinius in a great sea battle and then slaughtered his entire family while making sure his army had no survivors. Licinius was married to his sister so the family were, in fact, his relatives. That didn’t matter to Constantine, who then manipulated the boy’s murder on the grounds that he was a traitor.

Constantine established the Roman Catholic Church

The bloodshed did not stop there as Constantine later established the Roman Catholic Church at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. The delegates were a mixed mob and some of them were killed during the staging of the assembly for presenting his views opposed to those of the emperor. Once the church is established, he continues the torture, murder, and other atrocities against anyone who does not worship the image that he presented, that is, that of Jesus Christ and the cross.

buried roots

These things are recorded in diaries, letters and works of contemporary authors. It probably depends on the background of those looking for his story as to what they believe, since the religion he founded has covered up its roots and tried to hide the horror of its beginning. He wasn’t allowed to survive long, but there are other ways to find out the truth. While the Catholic Church claims that Constantine converted to Christianity, the facts are that he started it.

Hitler designed himself in Constantine

It is a cold reality that Hitler was inspired by Constantine. If he had won World War II, could he have also established a religion and buried his roots so that future generations would call him great and not be able to see what he was really like? The emperors who acted as they did are called ‘colorful’ and the people are carried away by their glory rather than their evil deeds.