Constantine: Roman emperor, Christian victor
Surveys the life and legacy of the first Christian Roman emperor, describing the vision that inspired his religious conversion and subsequent conquest of the imperial capital, his founding of Constantinople, and his role in promoting a unified Christian Europe
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| Edition: | 1. publ. in hardcover in the United States |
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| Summary: | Surveys the life and legacy of the first Christian Roman emperor, describing the vision that inspired his religious conversion and subsequent conquest of the imperial capital, his founding of Constantinople, and his role in promoting a unified Christian Europe |
| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Quercus, 2009 Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-350) and index |
| Physical Description: | XXV, 358, [24] S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781590203248 |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Maps and Stemmata xi
Preface xxiii
Introduction l
part I Faith and Power in the Third Century
1. Religion in the Later Roman Empire 13
Roman state religion and imperial cults — The cult of the standards —
Private religious devotion and cults — The mysteries of Mithras
2. The Rise of Christianity 38
Women and the spread of Christianity — Christianity as an urban
phenomenon — Christian exceptionalism and martyrdom — Early
Christian attitudes to warfare — Christians in the Roman army —
Military martyrs and warrior saints
3. The Unconquered Emperor and his Divine Patron 62
The crisis of empire — The emperor and the army — The Roman
theology of victory — The unconquered emperor and the Sun —
Aurelian — Christ the true Sun
4. The Tetrarchy 87
The first Tetrarchy — Jovians and Herculians — The Caesars at war —
The army of the Tetrarchs — The Great Persecution — Lactantius:
On the Deaths of the Persecutors
CONSTANTINE
part u Constantine Invictus
5. Constantine Invictus 113
The second Tetrarchy — Constantine’s accession — Trier — A vision —
The road to Rome — The Battle of the Milvian Bridge — Constantine
Invictus and the theology of victory
6. Constantine and Rome 141
Maxentius in Rome — Adventus Constantini — The Arch of Constantine
— Meanwhile: Licinius and Maximinus Daia — Constantine confronts
Licinius
7. Constantine s Conversion 167
A Christian education — The setting Sun? — Legislating toleration —
The battle for toleration — Eusebius and the labarum —
A common vision?
8. Constantinople 190
Nikopolis: victory city — Location and foundation — The monumental
core — A Christian city? — A second senate — A new Alexander,
a new Moses
part hi Victor Constantine
9. Victor Constantine 213
Victor eris — The new Flavians and the Great Cameo — The deaths
of Crispus and Fausta — Goths and Sarmatians — Christian soldiers? —
The Greatest Victor
10. Constantine Maximus Augustus 236
Government — Life at court — Pentarchy — Persia — The Holy Places
11. Constantine and the Bishops 256
Constantine the universal bishop — The Donatist schism and the
Council of Arles — The Arians and the Council of Nicaea — The
Christian emperor after Nicaea — The Church after Constantine
CONTENTS
12. Death and Succession 279
Constantine’s death — Apotheosis — Constantine as Christ
The succession — Constantius Victor — Christian victory
Conclusion 303
Glossary 309
Abbreviations 313
Primary Sources 314
Bibliographical Essays 316
Index 351
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