The Roman Revolution of Constantine

Van Dam, Raymond

ISBN 10: 0521133017 / ISBN 13: 9780521133012

Published by Cambridge University Press 2009-11, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Roman Revolution of Constantine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2009-11
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521133017
• ISBN 13: 9780521133012
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Raymond Van Dam is Professor of History and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Greek and Roman History at the University of Michigan. A scholar of the later Roman empire, history, and religion, he is the author of numerous books, most recently Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia and Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia.