LEADER 03433oam 2200697I 450 001 9910459189703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-96127-5 010 $a1-136-96128-3 010 $a1-282-65969-3 010 $a9786612659690 010 $a0-203-85028-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203850282 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029315 035 $a(EBL)544044 035 $a(OCoLC)650534102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414727 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12190398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414727 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409810 035 $a(PQKB)10617242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544044 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL544044 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10398756 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265969 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029315 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConstantine and the Christian empire /$fCharles Matson Odahl 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (435 p.) 225 1 $aRoman imperial biographies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-64514-X 311 $a0-415-57534-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE (To the First Edition); PREFACE (To the Second Edition); ILLUSTRATIONS LIST; GENEALOGY (Constantinian Dynasty); CHRONOLOGY (Constantinian Times); I THE SUBJECT AND THE ANCIENT SOURCES; II THE IMPERIAL CRISIS AND THE ILLYRIAN EMPERORS; III THE FIRST TETRARCHY AND THE CAESAR'S SON; IV THE GALLIC EMPEROR AND THE DYING PERSECUTORS; V THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN AND CONSTANTINE'S CONVERSION; VI RELIGIOUS CONCERNS AND APOSTOLIC ROME; VII THE EASTERN CRUSADE AND THE NICENE COUNCIL; VIII THE DYNASTIC TRAGEDY AND HELENA'S PILGRIMAGE 327 $aIX IMPERIAL CONCERNS AND CHRISTIAN CONSTANTINOPLEX THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS AND THE EMPEROR'S HEIRS; XI THE THIRTEENTH APOSTLE AND THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE; XII THE LEGACY AND MODERN INTERPRETATIONS; ABBREVIATIONS LIST; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aThis biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 - 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state of Roman antiquity into the Christian empire medieval Byzantium. The author's comprehensive knowledge of the literary sources and his 410 0$aRoman imperial biographies. 606 $aEmperors$zRome$vBiography 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 607 $aRome$xHistory$yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEmperors 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a937/.08092 676 $aB 700 $aOdahl$b Charles M$g(Charles Matson),$f1944-,$0286666 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459189703321 996 $aConstantine and the Christian empire$9751024 997 $aUNINA