The Roman Revolution Of Constantine

Author : Raymond Van Dam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0521133017

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The Roman Revolution of Constantine by Raymond Van Dam Pdf

The reign of the emperor Constantine (306-337) was as revolutionary for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the first emperor three centuries earlier. The abandonment of Rome signaled the increasing importance of frontier zones in northern and central Europe and the Middle East. The foundation of Constantinople as a new imperial residence and the rise of Greek as the language of administration previewed the establishment of a separate eastern Roman empire.

Author : George Philip Baker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780815411581

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Constantine the Great and the Christian Revolution by George Philip Baker Pdf

This sharp, engaging biography details the life and achievements of Constantine the Great who unified the Roman Empire, adopted Christianity as its official religion, and transferred the capital of the Empire from Rome to Constantinople.

Author : Raymond Van Dam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139499729

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Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge by Raymond Van Dam Pdf

Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian histories, panegyrics and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship and the role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for understanding rulership in a Christian society.

Author : Ronald Syme
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191647185

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The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme Pdf

The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference of power and property, and the establishment of Augustus' rule are presented in an unconventional narrative, which quotes from ancient evidence, refers seldomly to modern authorities, and states controversial opinions quite openly. The result is a book which is both fresh and compelling.

Author : Sir Ronald Syme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Rome
ISBN : OCLC:808127254

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The Roman Revolution by Sir Ronald Syme Pdf

Author : Matthew Bridges
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Rome
ISBN : BL:A0020722281

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The Roman Empire Under Constantine the Great by Matthew Bridges Pdf

Author : Peter J. Leithart
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830827220

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Defending Constantine by Peter J. Leithart Pdf

Peter Leithart weighs what we've been taught about Constantine and claims that in focusing on these historical mirages we have failed to notice the true significance of Constantine and Rome baptized. He reveals how beneath the surface of this contested story there lies a deeper narrative--a tectonic shift in the political theology of an empire--with far-reaching implications.

Author : Michael Kulikowski
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674974258

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The Triumph of Empire by Michael Kulikowski Pdf

Michael Kulikowski takes readers into the political heart of imperial Rome, beginning with the reign of Hadrian, who visited the farthest reaches of his domain and created stable frontiers, to the decades after Constantine the Great, who overhauled the government, introduced a new state religion, and founded a second Rome.

Author : Timothy David Barnes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 0674165314

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Constantine and Eusebius by Timothy David Barnes Pdf

Here is the fullest available narrative history of the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine, and a new assessment of the part Christianity played in the Roman world of the third and fourth centuries.

Author : David Stone Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190231620

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Constantine the Emperor by David Stone Potter Pdf

With a critical eye aimed at earlier accounts of Constantine's life, the author aims to provide the most comprehensive, authoritative and readable account of the Roman emperor's extraordinary life.

Author : Robert McQueen Grant
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664227724

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Augustus to Constantine by Robert McQueen Grant Pdf

This masterful study of the early centuries of Christianity vividly brings to life the religious, political, and cultural developments through which the faith that began as a sect within Judaism became finally the religion of the Roman empire. First published in 1970, Grant's classic is enhanced with a new foreward by Margaret M. Mitchell, which assesses its importance and puts the reader in touch with the advances of current research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0461592797

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The Roman Empire Under Constantine the Great by Anonim Pdf

Author : A. Edward Siecienski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351976114

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Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy by A. Edward Siecienski Pdf

Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy brings together some of the English-speaking world’s leading Constantinian scholars for an interdisciplinary study of the life and legacy of the first Christian emperor. For many, he remains a "sign of contradiction" (Luke 2:34) whose life and legacy generate intense debate. He was the first Christian emperor, protector of the Church, and eventually remembered as "equal to the apostles" for bringing about the Christianization of the Empire. Yet there is another side to Constantine’s legacy, one that was often neglected by his Christian hagiographers. Some modern scholars have questioned the orthodoxy of the so-called model Christian emperor, while others have doubted the sincerity of his Christian commitment, viewing his embrace of the faith as merely a means to a political end. Drawing together papers presented at the 2013 symposium at Stockton University commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, this volume examines the very questions that have for so long occupied historians, classicists, and theologians. The papers in this volume prove once again that Constantine is not so much a figure from the remote past, but an individual whose legacy continues to shape our present.

Author : G. P. Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258851121

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Constantine the Great and the Christian Revolution by G. P. Baker Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.

Author : Andrew J. Pottenger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000799866

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Power and Rhetoric in the Ecclesiastical Correspondence of Constantine the Great by Andrew J. Pottenger Pdf

This volume closely examines patterns of rhetoric in surviving correspondence by the Roman emperor Constantine on conflicts among Christians that occurred during his reign, primarily the ‘Donatist schism’ and ‘Arian controversy’. Commonly remembered as the ‘first Christian emperor’ of the Roman Empire, Constantine’s rule sealed a momentous alliance between church and state for more than a millennium. His well-known involvement with Christianity led him to engage with two major disputes that divided his Christian subjects: the ‘Donatist schism’ centred from the emperor's perspective on determining the rightful bishop of Carthage, and the so-called ‘Arian controversy’, a theological conflict about the proper understanding of the Son's divine nature in relation to that of the Father. This book examines a number of letters associated with Constantine that directly address both of these disagreements, exploring his point of view and motivations to better understand how and why this emperor applied his power to internal church divisions. Based on close analysis of prominent themes and their functions in the rhetoric of his correspondence, Pottenger argues that three ‘doctrines of power’ served to inform and direct Constantine’s use of power as he engaged with these problems of schism and heresy. Power and Rhetoric in the Ecclesiastical Correspondence of Constantine the Great is of interest to students and scholars of early Christianity and the history of the later Roman Empire.