Constantine: dynasty, religion and power in the later Roman Empire
The soldier and the stable-girl -- Constantine, the ruins of Babylon, and the court of Pharaoh -- The road to Rome -- Brothers-in-law -- The transformation of the East -- Dynastic politics after the Council of Nicaea -- Appendix 1: The career of Lactantius -- Appendix 2: Galerius' Sarmatian vic...
| Résumé: | The soldier and the stable-girl -- Constantine, the ruins of Babylon, and the court of Pharaoh -- The road to Rome -- Brothers-in-law -- The transformation of the East -- Dynastic politics after the Council of Nicaea -- Appendix 1: The career of Lactantius -- Appendix 2: Galerius' Sarmatian victories -- Appendix 3: The Panegyrici Latini and Constantine -- Appendix 4: Eusebius, On Easter (De Solemnitate Paschali) -- Appendix 5: Nicagoras in Egypt -- Appendix 6: Praxagoras of Athens -- Appendix 7: An anonymous panegyric of Constantine |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1405117273 |