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The Roman Revolution of Constantine

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Informationen zum Autor Raymond Van Dam is Professor of History and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Greek and Roman History at the University of Michigan. A scholar of the later Roman empire, history, and religion, he is the author of numerous books, most recently Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia and Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia. Klappentext The reign of the emperor Constantine (306 337) marked a transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire. Zusammenfassung 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 signalled the increasing importance of frontier zones in northern and central Europe and the Middle East. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. A Roman Empire without Rome: 1. Constantine's rescript to Hispellum; 2. His favorite rooster: old Rome and new Rome; 3. 'Hope in His name': the Flavian dynasty; 4. Reading ahead; Part II. A Greek Roman Empire: 5. Constantine's dialogue with Orcistus; 6. 'The most holy religion': petitioning the emperor; 7. 'The Roman language': Latin and the Greek East; 8. Falling water; Part III. Emperor and God: 9. 'Begotten of the gods': the imperial tetrarchy; 10. 'Begotten from the Father': the Christian Trinity; 11. 'Only-begotten son': history becomes theology; 12. The search for the Christian doctrine of the emperor; Epilogue: one emperor.

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Authors Raymond van Dam, Ray Van Dam, Raymond Van Dam
Publisher Cambridge University Press Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 03.09.2007
 
EAN 9780521882095
ISBN 978-0-521-88209-5
Dimensions 160 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity
Non-fiction book

European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, History of Religion, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE

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