The Roman revolution of Constantine / Raymond Van Dam.

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Main Author: Van Dam, Raymond
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • I: Augustus and Constantine
  • A Roman empire without Rome
  • Constantine's rescript to Hispellum
  • His favorite rooster: old Rome and new Rome
  • "Hope in his name": the Flavian dynasty
  • Reading ahead
  • II: A Greek Roman empire
  • Constantine's dialogue with Orcistus
  • "The most holy religion": petitioning the emperor
  • "The Roman language": Latin and the Greek East
  • Falling water
  • III: Emperor and God
  • "Begotten of the Gods": the Imperial Tetrarchy
  • "Begotten from the Father": the Christian Trinity
  • "Only-begotten son": history becomes theology
  • The search for the Christian doctrine of the emperor
  • Epilogue: One emperor.