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Constantine and the Christian Empire

Charles Odahl author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:5th Sep '12

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This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 – 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state of Roman antiquity into the Christian empire medieval Byzantium.

The author’s comprehensive knowledge of the literary sources and his extensive research into the material remains of the period mean that this volume provides a more rounded and accurate portrait of Constantine than previously available.

This revised second edition includes:

  • An expanded and revised final chapter
  • A new Genealogy and an expanded Chronology
  • New illustrations
  • Revised and updated Notes and Bibliography

A landmark publication in Roman Imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine history, Constantine and the Christian Empire will remain the standard account of the subject for years to come.

'A splendid, solid Constantine ... whose many illustrations invite the reader to enter and be carried along with the story.' - Yale University, USA

'A splendid volume, an opus praeclare as well as a magnum opus ... the scholarship is impeccable ... The layout, the quality of the photographs and the graphics are all excellent.' - State University of New York, USA

'[This] book will undoubtedly remain the standard account of the reign for many years to come.' - University College Cork, Ireland

'Charles Matson Odahl offers a wide-ranging assessment ... [his] perspective in panoramic ... clearly and often engagingly written [the book] offers a splendid account of Constantine and his legacy.' - The Record


'Altogether this is a very good account of one of the greatest of the Roman Emperors.' - The NYMAS Review

ISBN: 9780415645140

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 810g

440 pages

2nd edition