LEADER 03639nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910465375803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-998597-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102751 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24969427 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000890894 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12452294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000890894 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10888737 035 $a(PQKB)10282818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1073477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1073477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10720676 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL498176 035 $a(OCoLC)922904256 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102751 100 $a20120314d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConstantine the Emperor$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Potter 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 368 p. ) $cill., maps 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-19-975586-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aProvides a full account of Constantine's career, including his conversion to Christianity and the refounding of Byzantium.$bThis year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along after him. Indeed, this major new biography argues that Constantine's conversion is but one feature of a unique administrative style thatenabled him to take control of an empire beset by internal rebellions and external threats by Persians and Goths. The vast record of Constantine's administration reveals a government careful in its exercise of power but capable of ruthless, even savage actions. Constantine executed (or drove to suicide)his father-in-law, two brothers-in-law, his eldest son, and his once beloved wife. An unparalleled general throughout his life, even on his deathbed he was planning a major assault on the Sassanian Empire in Persia. Alongside the visionary who believed that his success came from the direct intervention of his God resided an aggressive warrior, a sometimes cruel partner, and an immensely shrewd ruler. These characteristics combined together in a long and remarkable career, which restored theRoman Empire to its former glory. Beginning with his first biographer Eusebius, Constantine's image has been subject to distortion. More recent revisions include John Carroll's view of him as the intellectual ancestor of the Holocaust (Constantine's Sword) and Dan Brown's presentation of him as the man who oversaw the reshaping of Christian history (The Da Vinci Code). In Constantine the Emperor, David Potter confronts each of these skewed and partial accounts to provide the most comprehensive,authoritative, and readable account of Constantine's extraordinary life. 606 $aEmperors$zRome$vBiography 606 $aReligion and state$zRome$xHistory 607 $aRome$xHistory$yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEmperors 615 0$aReligion and state$xHistory. 676 $a937/.08092 676 $aB 700 $aPotter$b D. S$g(David Stone),$f1957-$0927358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465375803321 996 $aConstantine the Emperor$92083711 997 $aUNINA