LEADER 05332nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910824311403321 005 20240313081603.0 010 $a0-19-998602-9 010 $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 /$fDavid Potter 205 $a1st ed. 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. 327 $aCover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- MAP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 IMPERIAL RESURRECTION -- Chapter 1 The Crisis of AD 260 -- Chapter 2 The Renewal of the Roman Empire -- PART 2 DIOCLETIAN -- Chapter 3 The New Emperor -- Chapter 4 Emperors and Subjects -- Chapter 5 A New Look -- Chapter 6 Persia and the Caesars -- PART 3 CONSTANTINE AND DIOCLETIAN -- Chapter 7 The Court of Diocletian -- Chapter 8 Imperial Edicts and Moral Crusades -- Chapter 9 Minervina -- Chapter 10 The Succession -- PART 4 FATHERS AND SONS -- Chapter 11 The New Regime -- Chapter 12 Maxentius and Fausta -- Chapter 13 The End of Maximian -- PART 5 THE ROAD TO ROME -- Chapter 14 The Gathering Storm -- Chapter 15 The Battle of the Milvian Bridge -- Chapter 16 Freedom of Worship -- Chapter 17 The Conversion of Constantine -- PART 6 WAR AND PEACE -- Chapter 18 Reworking Past and Future -- Chapter 19 Governing the Empire -- Chapter 20 Maximus and Bassus -- Chapter 21 The Donatist Controversy -- PART 7 TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY -- Chapter 22 The Defeat of Licinius -- Chapter 23 The Eastern Empire -- Chapter 24 Constantine Speaks to the Bishops -- Chapter 25 The Arian Controversy -- Chapter 26 Nicaea -- Chapter 27 Constantinople and Rome -- PART 8 RULER OF THE WORLD -- Chapter 28 Constantine' s Government -- Chapter 29 Constantinople -- Chapter 30 An Ordered Society -- Chapter 31 Christians, Pagans, and Jews -- Chapter 32 Neighbors -- Chapter 33 End Times -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX: FINDING CONSTANTINE -- TIMELINE -- DRAMATIS PERSONAE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y. 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$yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337 615 0$aEmperors 615 0$aReligion and state$xHistory. 676 $a937/.08092 676 $aB 700 $aPotter$b D. S$g(David Stone),$f1957-$01628798 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824311403321 996 $aConstantine the Emperor$93966144 997 $aUNINA