The Roman revolution of Constantine /

The Roman revolution of Constantine / Raymond Van Dam.

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"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 Eu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Van Dam, Raymond
Format: eBook
Language:English
Latin
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Constantine > I, > Emperor of Rome, > -337.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Table of Contents:
  • I: Augustus and Constantine
  • A Roman empire without Rome
  • Constantine's rescript to Hispellum
  • His favorite rooster: old Rome and new Rome
  • "Hope in his name": the Flavian dynasty
  • Reading ahead
  • II: A Greek Roman empire
  • Constantine's dialogue with Orcistus
  • "The most holy religion": petitioning the emperor
  • "The Roman language": Latin and the Greek East
  • Falling water
  • III: Emperor and God
  • "Begotten of the Gods": the Imperial Tetrarchy
  • "Begotten from the Father": the Christian Trinity
  • "Only-begotten son": history becomes theology
  • The search for the Christian doctrine of the emperor
  • Epilogue: One emperor.

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