The Roman revolution of Constantine / Raymond Van Dam.

By:

Van Dam, Raymond

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Latin Original language: Latin Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 441 pages) : mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780511342684
0511342683
0511341040
9780511341045
9780511819476
0511819471
0511574215
9780511574214

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roman revolution of Constantine.DDC classification:

937/.08092 22

LOC classification:

BR180 .V36 2007eb

Other classification:

6,12
NH 7670

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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.

Review: "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. Constantine's patronage of Christianity required both a new theology of the Christian Trinity and a new political image of a Christian emperor. Raymond Van Dam explores and interprets each of these eventsSummary: His book complements accounts of the role of Christianity by highlighting ideological and cultural aspects of the transition to a post-Roman world."--Jacket

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Appendices include material in Latin with English translation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-426) and index.

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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 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. Constantine's patronage of Christianity required both a new theology of the Christian Trinity and a new political image of a Christian emperor. Raymond Van Dam explores and interprets each of these events

His book complements accounts of the role of Christianity by highlighting ideological and cultural aspects of the transition to a post-Roman world."--Jacket

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