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Rome and Constantinople: Rewriting Roman History during Late Antiquity
Raymond Van Dam
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Description for Rome and Constantinople: Rewriting Roman History during Late Antiquity
Hardback. Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus to Justinian's Constantinople, this work shows how the changing political structures, ideologies, and historical narratives of Old and New Rome always remained rooted in the bedrock of the ancient Mediterranean's economic and demographic realities. Num Pages: 110 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Imperial Rome and Christian Constantinople were both astonishingly large cities with over-sized appetites that served as potent symbols of the Roman Empire and its rulers. Esteemed historian Raymond Van Dam draws upon a wide array of evidence to reveal a deep interdependence on imperial ideology and economy as he elucidates the parallel workaday realities and lofty images in their stories.
Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus to Justinian's Constantinople, he masterfully shows how the changing political structures, ideologies, and historical narratives of Old and New Rome always remained rooted in the bedrock of the ... Read more
Imperial Rome and Christian Constantinople were both astonishingly large cities with over-sized appetites that served as potent symbols of the Roman Empire and its rulers. Esteemed historian Raymond Van Dam draws upon a wide array of evidence to reveal a deep interdependence on imperial ideology and economy as he elucidates the parallel workaday realities and lofty images in their stories.
Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus to Justinian's Constantinople, he masterfully shows how the changing political structures, ideologies, and historical narratives of Old and New Rome always remained rooted in the bedrock of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
110
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
110
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602582019
SKU
V9781602582019
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About Raymond Van Dam
Raymond Van Dam is Professor of History at the University of Michigan. His most recent books include Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia and The Roman Revolution of Constantine. He lives in Ann Arbor.
Reviews for Rome and Constantinople: Rewriting Roman History during Late Antiquity
"An expansive and daring book about the complexity of the human project, its possibilities, its limitations, and its inscrutable ambiguity."
Walter Brueggeman, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary
Walter Brueggeman, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary