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UNINA9910452093003321 |
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Autore |
Van Dam Raymond |
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Titolo |
The Roman revolution of Constantine / / Raymond Van Dam [[electronic resource]] |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-18519-X |
0-511-34104-0 |
1-281-08526-X |
9786611085261 |
0-511-81947-1 |
0-511-34215-2 |
0-511-34162-8 |
0-511-57421-5 |
0-511-34268-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 441 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION AUGUSTUS AND CONSTANTINE; SECTION ONE A ROMAN EMPIRE WITHOUT ROME; SECTION TWO A GREEK ROMAN EMPIRE; SECTION THREE EMPEROR AND GOD; EPILOGUE ONE EMPEROR; APPENDIX ONE HISPELLUM: DATE, TEXT, AND TRANSLATION; APPENDIX TWO ORCISTUS: DATES, TEXT, AND TRANSLATION; EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The reign of the emperor Constantine (306-337) was as revolutionary for the transformation of Rome's Mediterranean empire as that of Augustus, the first emperor three centuries earlier. The abandonment of Rome signaled the increasing importance of frontier zones in northern and central Europe and the Middle East. The foundation of Constantinople as a new imperial residence and the rise of Greek as the language of administration previewed the establishment of a separate |
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