*** Rulers of Qusantina ( Constantine )

It was conquered by the Arabs in the 7th century, receiving the name of Qusantina.

Siege of Constantine ( 1836 ) during the French conquest of Algeria.

During the French occupation of Algeria in the 1830s five manuscripts were discovered in Constantine, including two that contained more complete versions of the text.

The details of Gerbert's armillary sphere are revealed in letters from Gerbert to his former student and monk Remi of Trèves, his colleague Constantine, the abbot of Micy, as well as the accounts of his former student and French nobleman Richer, who served as a monk in Rheims.

* February 25 – Eddie Constantine, American-born French singer and actor ( b. 1917 )

* October 10-October 13 – The French army besieges and captures Constantine in French Algeria.

* October 12 – Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont, French governor-general of French Algeria, killed during the siege of Constantine ( b. 1783 )

The Zouaves saw extensive service during the French conquest of Algeria, initially at the Mouzaia Pass action ( March 1836 ), then at Mitidja ( September 1836 ) and the siege of Constantine ( 1837 ).

In 1834, Algeria became a French military colony and, in 1848, was declared by the constitution of 1848 to be an integral part of French territory and divided into three French departments ( Algiers, Oran and Constantine ).

Hippo was an ancient bishopric and still is the name of a Roman Catholic titular see in the former Roman province of Numidia, since French colonial rule a part of the residential see of Constantine.

The difficult position of the Allies was confirmed by the decision to send in the Russian Imperial Guard ; Grand Duke Constantine, Tsar Alexander's brother, commanded the Guard and counterattacked in Vandamme's section of the field, forcing a bloody effort and the only loss of a French standard in the battle ( the unfortunate victim was a battalion of the 4th Line Regiment ).

It is believed that French voyageurs named it after Saint Helena of Constantinople, mother of Emperor Constantine.

Constantine offended British and French interests by blocking efforts by Prime Minister Venizelos to bring Greece into the war on the side of the Allies.

Although Venizelos, with British and French support, forced Constantine from the Greek throne in 1917 he remained popular with parts of the Greek people, as shown by the overwhelming vote for his return in the December 1920 plebescite.

Born Charlotte Louise Juliette de Monaco in Constantine, French Algeria, she was the illegitimate daughter of Marie Juliette Louvet, a cabaret singer, and Prince Louis II.

The difficult position of the Allies was confirmed by the decision to send in the Russian Imperial Guard ; Grand Duke Constantine, Tsar Alexander's brother, commanded the Guard and counterattacked in Vandamme's section of the field, forcing a bloody effort and the loss of the only French standard in the battle ( the unfortunate victim was a battalion of the 4th Line Regiment ).

After graduation, in 1950, he took up a position teaching philosophy in Constantine in French East Algeria.

Of Algerian Jewish descent, Atlan was born in Constantine, French Algeria, and moved to Paris in 1930.

The thieves broke into the villa on the French Riviera where they were staying, rendered Constantine and Woodall unconscious with chloroform, and then continued to steal money and jewellery.

The Dalmatian names Jadra, Jadera were transferred to other languages ; in Venetian language Jatara ( hyper urbanism in 9th century ) and Zara, Tuscan Giara, Latin Diadora ( Constantine VII in DAI, 10th century ), Old French Jadres ( Geoffroy de Villehardouin in the chronicles of the Fourth Crusade in 1202 ), Arabic Jādhara ( جاذ َ رة ) & Jādara ( جاد َ رة ) ( Al-Idrisi, 12th century ), Iadora ( Guido, 12th century ), Spanish Jazara, Jara, Sarra ( 14th century ) and the others.

In response to the French, the Algerian dey ordered an opposition consisting of 7, 000 janissaries, 19, 000 troops from the beys of Constantine and Oran, and about 17, 000 Kabyles.

Soon afterwards he had the Empress Maria imprisoned and then killed ( forcing a signature from the child Emperor Alexius to put his mother to death ), by Pterygeonites and the hetaireiarches Constantine Tripsychos.

Theodosius I founded the Church of John the Baptist to house the skull of the saint ( today preserved at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, Turkey ), put up a memorial pillar to himself in the Forum of Taurus, and turned the ruined temple of Aphrodite into a coach house for the Praetorian Prefect ; Arcadius built a new forum named after himself on the Mese, near the walls of Constantine.

* Constantine ( name ), a given name and surname

* Constantine ( Briton ), king in sub-Roman Britain

* Constantine the African ( c. 1020-1087 ), a Tunisian doctor

* Constantine ( British saint ), several obscure saints

* Constantine ( département ), in French-rule Algeria

* Constantine ( film ), a 2005 American film loosely based on Hellblazer

* Constantine ( video game ), an action-adventure video game based on the film

* Constantine II ( emperor ) ( 317 – 340 ), Roman Emperor 337 – 340

* Constantine III ( usurper ) ( died 411 ), known as Constantine II of Britain in British legend

* Antipope Constantine II ( died 768 ), antipope from 767 – 768

* Constantine II of Torres ( died 1198 ), called de Martis, was the giudice of Logudoro

* Constantine II the Woolmaker ( died 1322 ), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church

* Constantine II, King of Armenia ( died 1344 ), first Latin King of Armenian Cilicia of the Lusignan dynasty

* Constantine II of Bulgaria ( early 1370s – 1422 ), last emperor of Bulgaria 1396 – 1422.

* Eskender ( 1471 – 1494 ), Emperor of Ethiopia sometimes known as Constantine II

* Constantine II of Kakheti ( died 1732 ), King of Kakheti 1722 – 1732

* Constantine II of Greece ( born 1940 ), Olympic champion ( 1960 ) and formerly King of the Hellenes March 6, 1964 – December 8, 1974

After the death of Constantine I ( May 337 ), this was the formal division of the Empire, until Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided between Constans and Constantius.

After the death of Constantine I ( May 337 ), this was the formal division of the Empire, until Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided between Constans and Constantius.

Constantine II () ( January / February 316 – 340 ), was Roman Emperor from 337 to 340.

After the death of Constantine I ( May 337 ), this was the formal division of the Empire, until Dalmatius was killed and his territory divided between Constans and Constantius.

Statue of Emperor Constantine II as caesar on top of the Cordonata ( the monumental ladder climbing up to Piazza del Campidoglio ), in Rome.