36. Constantine Was Incredibly Vain
The man who Christianized the Roman Empire was a somewhat vain fellow; perhaps he missed that commandment. In addition to naming the city of Byzantium after himself, he also erected a Forum Constantine in the center of the town, which featured the Column of Constantine, a 164-foot tall spire that featured a statue of himself at the top, fashioned to look like the Roman god Apollo. The messages about idols and graven images also didn’t affect Constantine much.
