LEADER 03653nam 2200493 a 450 001 9910811897303321 005 20240131153642.0 010 $a0-7486-2921-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748629213 035 $a(CKB)2670000000203756 035 $a(OCoLC)797816217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10569435 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC932446 035 $a(DE-B1597)616355 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748629213 035 $a(OCoLC)1302164275 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000203756 100 $a20150424d2012|||| s|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEdinburgh History of Ancient Rome : Imperial Rome, AD 284 to 363 : The New Empire$b[electronic resource] 210 $aEdinburgh, GBR$cEdinburgh University Press$d20120301 210 $cEdinburgh University Press 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 225 0 $aThe Edinburgh History of Ancient Rome : EHAR 311 $a1-322-98123-X 311 $a0-7486-2052-4 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tSeries editor?s preface -- $tAuthor?s preface -- $tAbbreviations -- $tMap: The Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy -- $t1. The long third century -- $t2. Four lords of the world, AD 284?311 -- $t3. The empire renewed -- $t4. The return of the old gods -- $t5. The victory of Constantine, AD 311?37 -- $t6. Towards the sunrise: Constantine Augustus -- $t7. Constructing the Christian emperor -- $t8. The sons of Constantine -- $t9. Warfare and imperial security, AD 337?61 -- $t10. Church and empire -- $t11. Images of women -- $t12. Rome and Antioch -- $t13. Julian Augustus -- $t14. The funeral director -- $tChronology -- $tGuide to further reading -- $tBibliography of modern works cited -- $tIndex 330 $aThis book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian. How had it changed? The emperors were still warriors and expected to take the field. Rome was still the capital, at least symbolically. There was still a Roman senate, though with new rules brought in by Constantine. There were still provincial governors, but more now and with fewer duties in smaller areas; and military command was increasingly separated from civil jurisdiction and administration. The neighbours in Persia, Germania and on the Danube were more assertive and better organised, which had a knock-on effect on Roman institutions. The achievement of Diocletian and his successors down to Julian was to create a viable apparatus of control which allowed a large and at times unstable area to be policed, defended and exploited. The book offers a different perspective on the development often taken to be the distinctive feature of these years, namely the rise of Christianity. Imperial endorsement and patronage of the Christian god and the expanded social role of the Church are a significant prelude to the Byzantine state. The author argues that the reigns of the Christian-supporting Constantine and his sons were a foretaste of what was to come, but not a complete or coherent statement of how Church and State were to react with each other. 606 $aHISTORY$2bisac 606 $aAncient / Rome$2bisac 615 7$aHISTORY 615 7$aAncient / Rome 676 $a937.08 700 $aHarries$b Jill$0255918 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811897303321 996 $aEdinburgh History of Ancient Rome : Imperial Rome, AD 284 to 363 : The New Empire$93933715 997 $aUNINA