Constantine the Great
And the Christian Revolution
1st Edition
Published on 9. August 2001
384 pages
978-1-4617-3208-2 (ISBN)
Description
Roman Emperor Constantine is one of the most momentous figures in the history of Christianity, a ruler whose conversion turned the cult of Jesus into a world religion. Classical scholar Baker tells of the changing Roman world in which Constantine rose to power?an empire where feudalism was replacing the old senatorial government and the lands of the empire were split into two regions. It was also a place where customs from the East were replacing the old Roman values, preparing the way for the Byzantine Empire. Baker describes Constantine's unique conversion (which apparently did not prevent him from sacrificing to idols), his wars to control first the Roman army and then the Germans and the lands of Asia Minor, and finally the founding of Constantinople and the establishment of the monarchial system that dominated Europe for over a thousand years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
2,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4617-3208-2 (9781461732082)
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10/2001
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
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Person
Historian G. P. Baker (1879-1951) is the author of Hannibal, Augustus, Sulla the Fortunate, and Tiberius Caesar.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Chapter I: The First Death
- Chapter II: Diocletian
- Chapter III: Constantius, Constantine and the Beast
- Chapter IV: The Start from York
- Chapter V: The Second Career of Maximian Herculius
- Chapter VI: The Conquest of Italy
- Chapter VII: The Illyrian Campaign
- Chapter VIII: The New Empire
- Chapter IX: The Conquest of the East, and the Council of Nicæa
- Chapter X: Rome arid Constantinople
- Chapter XI: The Problems of the North, and the Problems of the South
- Chapter XII: The Testament of Constantine
- Chapter XIII: The Second Death
- Index
