Constantine and the Christian Empire

Charles M. Odahl0415174856, 9780415174855, 9780203552698

The most substantial biography ever written on the most important Roman emperor, Professor Charles M. Odahl has written a fascinating account of the life and reign of the first Christian emperor of the Roman world.

Drawing on over a quarter of a century of research on sources relevant to the period and retracing the journeys made by Constantine across Europe and around the Mediterranean basin, this up-to-date biography provides students with a comprehensive knowledge of literary sources and research into the archaeology of the Constantinian era, and enables a more rounded and accurate portrait than has previously been available.

Illustrated with ninety-two photographs and eight maps, Constantine and the Christian Empire is the standard work on the man and his life for scholars, students, and all those interested in Roman imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine imperial history.

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Table of contents :
BOOK COVER……Page 1
HALF-TITLE……Page 2
TITLE……Page 4
COPYRIGHT……Page 5
DEDICATION……Page 6
CONTENTS……Page 7
PREFACE……Page 8
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS……Page 11
LIST OF MAPS……Page 14
CHRONOLOGY……Page 15
1. THE SUBJECT AND THE ANCIENT SOURCES……Page 17
2. THE IMPERIAL CRISIS AND THE ILLYRIAN EMPERORS……Page 28
3. THE FIRST TETRARCHY AND THE CAESAR’S SON……Page 51
4. THE GALLIC EMPEROR AND THE DYING PERSECUTORS……Page 80
5. THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AND CONSTANTINE’S CONVERSION……Page 100
6. RELIGIOUS CONCERNS AND APOSTOLIC ROME……Page 122
7. THE EASTERN CRUSADE AND THE NICENCE COUNCIL……Page 159
8. THE DYNASTIC TRAGEDY AND HELENA’S PILGRIMAGE……Page 194
9. IMPERIAL CONCERNS AND CHRISTIAN CONSTANTINOPLE……Page 212
10. THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS AND THE EMPEROR’S HEIRS……Page 235
11. THE THIRTEENTH APOSTLE AND THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE……Page 255
12. THE LEGACY AND MODERN INTERPRETATIONS……Page 266
ABBREVIATIONS……Page 271
NOTES……Page 273
BIBLIOGRAPHY……Page 352
INDEX……Page 369