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100 1 $aGrant, Michael,$d1914-2004.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79150358
245 10 $aConstantine the great :$bthe man and his times /$cMichael Grant.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCharles Scribner's Sons :$bMaxwell Macmillan International,$c1994.
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300 $axii, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, genealogical table ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 238-257) and index.
505 2 $a1. The Sources -- 2. The Rise of Supremacy -- 3. Civil Wars -- 4. Foreign Wars -- 5. The Government and Character of Constantine -- 6. Constantine, Crispus and Fausta -- 7. Constantinople -- 8. Constantine and the Christian God -- 9. Constantine and the Christian Church -- 10. Builder -- 11. Baptism, Death and Succession -- 12. The Significance of Constantine -- Some Later Roman Emperors.
520 $aThe Emperor Constantine was one of the great, charismatic figures of the ancient world. He was directly responsible for two momentous transformations that greatly affected our history and civilization: the founding of Constantinople as the Roman capital and the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity.
520 8 $aWith knowledge gained from modern research in all relevant fields, including archaeology, papyrology, and art history, Michael Grant traces the controversies that surround this intriguing ruler back to their very beginnings. He draws a compelling portrait of Constantine, assessing the emperor's achievements as a general in command of his armies and as a resourceful politician and reformer.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aIn art, politics, economics, social developments, and particularly in religion, the life of Constantine acts as a bridge between past and present.
520 8 $aMichael Grant goes beyond the bias of literary sources and reveals the private man behind the public persona: the superstitious beliefs underpinning Constantine's hallucinatory visions and dreams that heralded his conversion to Christianity; his persecution of paganism in the name of Christianity that set precedents for centuries to come; and the relationship between church and state that gave way to the totalitarianism of the Late Roman Empire. Was he the last notable Roman emperor, or the first medieval monarch? Was the great convert a saint and hero, or should we regard him as a murderer who killed his wife, his eldest son, and many of his friends to further his own ambitions?
520 8 $aThese are just some of the issues raised in this revelatory biography.
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650 0 $aEmperors$zRome$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103002
650 0 $aChristian saints$zRome$vBiography.
651 0 $aRome$xHistory$yConstantine I, the Great, 306-337.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115161
650 0 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025620
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