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The Roman revolution of Constantine /
"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 Eu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Latín |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 441 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-426) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511342684 0511342683 0511341040 9780511341045 9780511819476 0511819471 0511574215 9780511574214 |