Life of the King of Kings David (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. I, Tbilisi, 1955)

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Author	Unknown Author (Life of the King of Kings David)
Epoch	XII c.(?)
Work	Life of the King of Kings David (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. I, Tbilisi, 1955)
Type	Prose
Quote	“He accepted the mercy of apostleship, like Paul and like Constantine the Great”. (pg. 354)
Term	Constantine the Great ( Constantine Caesar )

Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.

Comment	T. Khaukhchishvili: “Constantine I, the Great, has gone down to history for many things, especially for the fact, that Christianity was recognized as a religion by the state. When David the Builder’s historian had to characterize his king from the point of view of his belief and show-evaluate his great tribute, he compared him to Constantine” (T. Khaukhchishvili, Ancient World in the Historiography of Rustaveli Epoch, ”Macne”, N 3, Tbilisi, 1974, pg. 121).

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T. Khaukhchishvili: “Constantine I, the Great, has gone down to history for many things, especially for the fact, that Christianity was recognized as a religion by the state. When David the Builder’s historian had to characterize his king from the point of view of his belief and show-evaluate his great tribute, he compared him to Constantine” (T. Khaukhchishvili, Ancient World in the Historiography of Rustaveli Epoch, ”Macne”, N 3, Tbilisi, 1974, pg. 121).

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