Constantine the Emperor /
Overview: This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Map of the Roman empire
- Introduction
- Part 1: Imperial resurrection. The crisis of AD 260 ; The renewal of the Roman Empire
- Part 2: Diocletian. The new emperor ; Emperors and subjects ; A new look ; Persia and the Caesars
- Part 3: Constantine and Diocletian. The court of Diocletian ; Imperial edicts and moral crusades ; Minervina ; The succession
- Part 4: Fathers and sons. The new regime ; Maxentius and Fausta ; The end of Maximian
- Part 5: The road to Rome. The gathering storm ; The Battle of the Milvian Bridge ; Freedom of worship ; The conversion of Constantine
- Part 6: War and peace. Reworking past and future ; Governing the empire ; Maximus and Bassus ; The Donatist controversy
- Part 7: Triumph and tragedy. The defeat of Licinius ; The Eastern empire ; Constantine speaks to the bishops ; The Arian controversy ; Nicaea ; Constantinople and Rome
- Part 8: Ruler of the world. Constantine's government ; Constantinople ; An ordered society ; Christians, pagans, and Jews ; Neighbors ; End times
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Finding Constantine
- Timeline
- Dramatis personae.