Aurelius Ambrosius (c. A.D. 340–397) was Bishop of Milan, which had by then become the capital of the Western Roman Empire(27 B.C.) After a period of unrest and competing generals jockeying for power, Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, becomes the first official ... more. He had government experience as a governor, and he used his experience and his position in Milan to exert influence within the Empire and Christianity.
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PEOPLE (see c. A.D. 340 – A.D. 397)
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