Ethiopia (Kingdom of Axum) and Constantine the Great (Roman Emperor) were contemporaries, with Axum becoming officially Christian around 330 AD, predating Constantine's own conversion, making Ethiopia an early Christian state. Later Ethiopian Emperors like Zara Yaqob (Constantine I) and Eskender (Constantine II) adopted "Constantine" as their throne name, symbolizing a connection to the great Roman emperor and reinforcing Ethiopian Christianity's ancient roots against Muslim threats, with some Coptic Christians even seeing Zagwe rulers as new Constantines.
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