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Constantine the Emperor
David Potter
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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 that enabled 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. ... Read more
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 that enabled 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190231620
SKU
V9780190231620
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About David Potter
David Potter is Francis W. Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. His books include Theodora (OUP), The Victor's Crown (OUP), Emperors of Rome, and Ancient Rome: A New History
Reviews for Constantine the Emperor
Constantine was a general of genius and a ruler and administrator of great ingenuity and efficiency.
Steve Craggs, The Northern Echo
His narrative is crisp, clean and uncluttered [...] about men and events that have long been the subject of intensive, sometimes bitter controversy.
Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic
A vividly detailed and energetically told biography. ... Read more
Steve Craggs, The Northern Echo
His narrative is crisp, clean and uncluttered [...] about men and events that have long been the subject of intensive, sometimes bitter controversy.
Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic
A vividly detailed and energetically told biography. ... Read more