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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808711103321

Titolo

From Constantine to Julian : pagan and Byzantine views ; a source history / / edited by Samuel N.C. Lieu and Dominic Montserrat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-87118-X

1-134-87119-8

1-280-32168-7

0-585-45312-8

0-203-42205-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LieuSamuel N. C

MontserratDominic <1964->

Disciplina

270.2

Soggetti

Religion and state - Rome - History

Church and state - Rome - History

Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Rome Religion Sources

Rome History Constantines, 306-363 Sources

Rome History Empire, 284-476 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-273) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations and primary sources; Chronology of the main events; Introduction: Pagan and Byzantine historical writing on the reign of Constantine,; The origin of Constantine: The Anonymus Valesianus pars prior (Origo Constantini); Constantine's 'pagan vision': The anonymous panegyric on Constantine (310), Pan. Lat. VII(6); Constantine Byzantinus: The anonymous Life of Constantine (BHG 364); The sons of Constantine: Libanius, Oratio LIX (Royal Discourse upon Constantius and Constans)

From Constantine to Julian: [John the Monk], Artemii passio (The Ordeal of Artemius, BHG 170  71c, CPG 8082)Bibliography; Index of sources; General index

Sommario/riassunto

Provides students with important source material covering an age of



major transition in Europe - the establishment of Rome as a Christian empire. Most of the material was previously unavailable in English.