>> The Italians haven’t had a decent gov’t since Julius Caesar killed the republic <<
I thought Constantine was a good guy.
But then, he did move the seat of gov’t from Rome to Byzantium.
So maybe the Italians don’t rate him as highly as would I.
By Constantine’s day, the republic had been dead and gone for nearly 450 years. And Constantin’s focus wasn’t on restoring the republic, but on giving Rome a new national religion.