Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2<br><br>These schemes, however, rest only on the very doubtful authority of Lactan tius de M. P. C. 20.<br><br>This tradition, unknown to the contemporaries of Constantine, was invented in the darkness of monasteries, was embellished by Jefl'rey of Monmouth and the writers of the twelfth century, has been defended by our antiquarians of the last age, and is seriously related in the ponderous History of England compiled by Mr. Carte (vol. I. P. He transports, however, the kingdom of Coil, the imagi nary father of Helena, from Essex to the wall of Antoninus.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.