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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Potter, David Stone (1957-....)
Titre(s) : Constantine the Emperor [Texte imprimé] / David Potter
Publication : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-368 p.) : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : Preface ; Map of the Roman empire ; Introduction ; Part 1: Imperial resurrection.
The crisis of AD 260 ; The renewal of the Roman Empire ; Part 2: Diocletian. The
new emperor ; Emperors and subjects ; A new look ; Persia and the Caesars ; Part
3: Constantine and Diocletian. The court of Diocletian ; Imperial edicts and moral
crusades ; Minervina ; The succession ; Part 4: Fathers and sons. The new regime
; Maxentius and Fausta ; The end of Maximian ; Part 5: The road to Rome. The gathering
storm ; The Battle of the Milvian Bridge ; Freedom of worship ; The conversion of
Constantine ; Part 6: War and peace. Reworking past and future ; Governing the empire
; Maximus and Bassus ; The Donatist controversy ; Part 7: Triumph and tragedy. The
defeat of Licinius ; The Eastern empire ; Constantine speaks to the bishops ; The
Arian controversy ; Nicaea ; Constantinople and Rome ; Part 8: Ruler of the world.
Constantine's government ; Constantinople ; An ordered society ; Christians, pagans,
and Jews ; Neighbors ; End times ; Epilogue ; Appendix: Finding Constantine ; Timeline
; Dramatis personae.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-359) and index
Overview: This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of
Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman
emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason
is not simply that he converted to Christianity but that he did so in a way that brought
his subjects along after him. Indeed, this major new biography argues that Constantine's
conversion is but one feature of a unique administrative style that enabled him to
take control of an empire beset by internal rebellions and external threats by Persians
and Goths. The vast record of Constantine's administration reveals a government careful
in its exercise of power but capable of ruthless, even savage actions. Constantine
executed (or drove to suicide) his father-in-law, two brothers-in-law, his eldest
son, and his once beloved wife. An unparalleled general throughout his life, even
on his deathbed he was planning a major assault on the Sassanian Empire in Persia.
Alongside the visionary who believed that his success came from the direct intervention
of his God resided an aggressive warrior, a sometimes cruel partner, and an immensely
shrewd ruler. These characteristics combined together in a long and remarkable career,
which restored the Roman Empire to its former glory. Beginning with his first biographer
Eusebius, Constantine's image has been subject to distortion. More recent revisions
include John Carroll's view of him as the intellectual ancestor of the Holocaust (Constantine's
Sword) and Dan Brown's presentation of him as the man who oversaw the reshaping of
Christian history (The Da Vinci Code). In Constantine the Emperor, David Potter confronts
each of these skewed and partial accounts to provide the most comprehensive, authoritative,
and readable account of Constantine's extraordinary life
Sujet(s) : Constantin I (0272-0337 ; empereur romain)
Rome -- 306-337 (Constantin I le Grand)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199755868. - ISBN 0199755868. - ISBN 978-0-19-023162-0. - ISBN 0190231629
(br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45068540z
Notice n° :
FRBNF45068540
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