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Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge /
"Constantine was the first Christian emperor in the Roman empire. Before his victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge outside Rome, he claimed to have seen a vision of a cross in the sky. The book analyzes the legends about the battle and the vision, from the later Roman empire to the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
Ã2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Constantine was the first Christian emperor in the Roman empire. Before his victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge outside Rome, he claimed to have seen a vision of a cross in the sky. The book analyzes the legends about the battle and the vision, from the later Roman empire to the later medieval period. By rehabilitating the significance of Maxentius, the losing emperor, this book also emphasizes the competing ideas at stake about Roman emperorship, the contours of the empire, and the place of Rome"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139081269 1139081268 9781139078993 1139078992 9780511973048 0511973047 |