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In Sardinia, a crazy annual race commemorates Constantine's triumph in Rome.
One part horse race, one part religious pilgrimage, this dangerous yearly race is run by brave horsemen atop their faithful steeds, re-enacting the victory of Emperor Constantine over his rival Maxentius in the year 312 in Rome. A man known as Caesar Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, AKA Constantine I, was born in what is now Nis, Serbia and rose through military ranks in the Roman army before following in his father's footsteps as a co-emperor in 306 AD. He rose to power during the Diocletian "Great Persecutions" of the then outlawed Christians.
