By Raymond Van Dam
The reign of the emperor Constantine (306-337) used to be as innovative for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the 1st emperor 3 centuries prior. The abandonment of Rome signaled the expanding significance of frontier zones in northern and vital Europe and the center East. the basis of Constantinople as a brand new imperial place of abode and the increase of Greek because the language of management previewed the institution of a separate jap Roman empire.
Read or Download The Roman Revolution of Constantine PDF
Best church history books
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine
An previous, self-described "very conservative evangelical" reviewer criticized the essays during this assortment for his or her "questionable" liberal conclusions. it really is curious how various humans can learn an identical textual content and arrive at diversified conclusions. my very own interpreting of this anthology is that the essays attempt (perhaps overly a lot, in truth) to stick in the midst of the line.
New Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 2: Baa-Cam
Others. as well as the loads of latest signed articles on a large choice of subject matters, this re-creation additionally gains biographies of latest spiritual figures; hundreds of thousands of pictures, maps and illustrations; and up-to-date bibliographical citations. The fifteenth quantity is a cumulative index to the complete encyclopedia.
ACO I, 1, eight Acta conciliorum oecumenicorum
Extra info for The Roman Revolution of Constantine
Sample text
3 In their petition Hispellum and the other cities in Umbria clearly felt more comfortable talking about modifications of old customs than about simply building a new temple and creating a new festival. They hoped that Constantine would be more of a traditionalist than an innovator, more interested in reviving their former prestige than in promoting unexpected innovations (Chapter 1). Constantine seems to have appreciated the opportunity to present himself as a conservative restorer, especially since he was in fact cutting back on his interest in Rome and central Italy in favor of his new capital at Constantinople (Chapter 2), and since he was trying to promote his own sons and other relatives as a new imperial dynasty (Chapter 3).
The large landowners, who produced the basis of the wealth of the majority of Italian cities, . . ” 0:41 P1: KAE 9780521882095c01 CUFX154/VanDam 0 521 84633 1 printer: cupusbw constantine’s rescript to hispellum June 28, 2007 27 including Tetrarchs, had funded the construction of new municipal buildings in Tuscia and Umbria and the repair of roads, including the Via Flaminia. These lingering displays of imperial patronage might have encouraged cities to ask for more. In particular, cities that had lost ground in the administrative shuffle might resort to petitions to emperors.
24521. 1:366–67, nos. 1690 ( = ILS 1:273, no. 1240), 1691, 1694. It is not clear whether he served as a Flavian priest at Rome; Chastagnol (1962) 100, implies that he may have held this priesthood in North Africa. 0:41 P1: KAE 9780521882095c01 CUFX154/VanDam 0 521 84633 1 printer: cupusbw June 28, 2007 34 the roman revolution of constantine churches in cities elsewhere throughout Italy, at Albano, Capua, and Naples. As a result, in this case too Constantine might be expected to have been more overtly enthusiastic in his opposition to pagan shrines and ceremonies and his support of Christianity.