Constantine and the Cities Imperial Authority and Civic Politics

Noel Lenski is Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. He is author of Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D. and coauthor of The Romans: From Village to Empire and A Brief History of the Romans.

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Noel Lenski is Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. He is author of Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D. and coauthor of The Romans: From Village to Empire and A Brief History of the Romans.

Summary

Roman Emperor Constantine raised Christianity from a minority religion to imperial status, but his religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski demonstrates how the emperor and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire.

Product details

• Authors: Noel Lenski
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity
• EAN: 9780812223682
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2368-2
• Pages: 416
• Dimensions (packing): 17.8 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm
• Series: Empire and After; Empire and After
• Subjects: Rom; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome; History - General History