Constantine: Dynasty, Religion and Power in the Later Roman Empire

Neuausgabe 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1727-2
Verlag: WILEY

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

Reihe: Blackwell Ancient Lives

Drawing on recent scholarly advances and new evidence, Timothy Barnes offers a fresh and exciting study of Constantine and his life.
* First study of Constantine to make use of Kevin Wilkinson's re-dating of the poet Palladas to the reign of Constantine, disproving the predominant scholarly belief that Constantine remained tolerant in matters of religion to the end of his reign
* Clearly sets out the problems associated with depictions of Constantine and answers them with great clarity
* Includes Barnes' own research into the marriage of Constantine's parents, Constantine's status as a crown prince and his father's legitimate heir, and his dynastic plans

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnes, Timothy D.

Barnes, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

I Introduction

II The Soldier and the Stable-Girl

III Constantine, the Ruins of Babylon and the Court of Pharaoh

IV The Road to Rome

V Brothers-in-Law

VI The Transformation of the East

VII Dynastic Politics after the Council of Nicaea

VIII Epilogue

Tables

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Barnes is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Constantine and Eusebius (1981), The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (1982), Athanasius and Constantius, Theology and Politics in the Constantinian Empire (1993), Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation and Historical Reality (1998), and Early Christian Hagiography and Roman History (2010). He is also the author of many fundamental scholarly articles on the history of the Roman Empire.