Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor
by Stephenson, Paul
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good Dustjacket
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About This Item
This is the story of the man who united a divided Roman Empire and brought Christianity to the forefront in Roman society. There is a former owner's name inside.
Synopsis
This book is a fascinating survey of the life and enduring legacy of perhaps the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the Roman emperors-written by a richly gifted historian. In 312 A.D., Constantine-one of four Roman emperors ruling a divided empire-marched on Rome to establish his control. On the eve of the battle, a cross appeared to him in the sky with an exhortation, "By this sign conquer." Inscribing the cross on the shields of his soldiers, Constantine drove his rivals into the Tiber and claimed the imperial capital for himself. Under Constantine, Christianity emerged from the shadows, its adherents no longer persecuted. Constantine united the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire. He founded a new capital city, Constantinople. Thereafter the Christian Roman Empire endured in the East, while Rome itself fell to the barbarian hordes. Paul Stephenson offers a nuanced and deeply satisfying account of a man whose cultural and spiritual renewal of the Roman Empire gave birth to the idea of a unified Christian Europe underpinned by a commitment to religious tolerance. - Publisher.
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- Bookseller
- High Desert Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2241
- Title
- Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor
- Author
- Stephenson, Paul
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with both color and black & white photos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Overlook Press; publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 358 pages
- Size
- 6in x 9in
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- rome constantine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; World History;
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