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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Dam, Raymond
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, Ã2011.
Temas:
Constantine > I, > Emperor of Rome, > -337.
Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius Valerius, > Emperor of Rome, > -312.
312
Saxa Rubra, Battle of, Italy, 312.
Bataille du Pont Milvius, Italie, 312.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
HISTORY > Ancient.
Italy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: visions of Constantine
  • The afterlife of Constantine
  • Ecclesiastical histories
  • Constantine's memories
  • Eusebius' commentary
  • Shaping memories in the west
  • Rome after the battle
  • Backward and forward
  • Remembering Maxentius
  • Back word: the bridge.

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