1st Edition

Constantine (Routledge Revivals)

By Ramsay MacMullen Copyright 2014
274 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

This study, first published in 1969, presents an astute and authoritative depiction of the cultural, religious and secular developments which shook the Roman world in the late 3 rd and early 4 th centuries AD, much of it under the auspices of the Emperor, Constantine the Great. Constantine was at the heart of the transition from pagan antiquity to Christendom. Rejecting the collegiate... Read more

1. The Role is Set 2. In the East 3. In the West 4. The God of Battles 5. Rome, and Licinius 6. Rome, and the Church 7. Eastward 8. Constantinople 9. Nicaea 10. The Spirit of Constantine’s Government 11. The Court 12. Assessment; Bibliographical Note; Index

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Ramsay MacMullen