Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge

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Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge

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Author : Raymond Van Dam
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-29

Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge written by Raymond Van Dam and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-29 with History categories.

Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian histories, panegyrics and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship and the role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for understanding rulership in a Christian society.

Raymond Van Dam Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge

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Author : Johannes Wienand
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

Raymond Van Dam Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge written by Johannes Wienand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.

Rezension Von Raymond Van Dam Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge

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Author : Johannes Wienand
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

Rezension Von Raymond Van Dam Remembering Constantine At The Milvian Bridge written by Johannes Wienand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.

Milvian Bridge Ad 312

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Author : Ross Cowan
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2016-07-19

Milvian Bridge Ad 312 written by Ross Cowan and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-19 with History categories.

1,700 years ago, the emperor Constantine marched on Rome to free Italy from the tyrant Maxentius and reunify the Roman Empire. The army marched from Gaul in the spring of AD 312 and fought its way across the Empire. The defining moment of the campaign was the battle of the Milvian Bridge. This highly illustrated book examines how Maxentius's poor choice of battleground ultimately doomed his army to defeat. Forced back toward the river by Constantine, the prospect of death by drowning caused panic to tear through Maxentius's army, who broke and fled for the bridge of boats. Constantine pressed his advantage and broke through the Praetorian rear guard, forcing even more fleeing troops onto the already overcrowded bridges, which foundered and plunged thousands of soldiers, including Maxentius himself, into the waters. Constantine was victorious--and his march into Rome marked the first step in the conversion of the Roman Empire into a Christian state.

Constantine At The Bridge

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Author : Stephen Dando-Collins
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2021-11-09

Constantine At The Bridge written by Stephen Dando-Collins and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with History categories.

"A marvelous book. Constantine at the Bridge is an engaging and beautifully written study of a pivotal moment in Roman and European history." —Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz The AD 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just outside Rome, marked the start of a monumental change for Rome and her empire. This battle was the figurative bridge between old pagan Rome and new Christian Rome. And once Constantine had crossed that bridge, there was no turning back. After winning this battle against his brother-in-law Maxentius and taking power at Rome, Constantine the Great—strongly influenced by his mother—forcefully steered Romans away from the traditional worship of their classical gods toward Christianity, setting Rome on two paths: the adoption of Christianity as the state religion, and the relegation of the city of Rome to obscurity as the Western Roman Empire collapsed within 175 years.

Constantine Religious Faith And Imperial Policy

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Author : A. Edward Siecienski
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-01-12

Constantine Religious Faith And Imperial Policy written by A. Edward Siecienski and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-12 with History categories.

Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy brings together some of the English-speaking world’s leading Constantinian scholars for an interdisciplinary study of the life and legacy of the first Christian emperor. For many, he remains a "sign of contradiction" (Luke 2:34) whose life and legacy generate intense debate. He was the first Christian emperor, protector of the Church, and eventually remembered as "equal to the apostles" for bringing about the Christianization of the Empire. Yet there is another side to Constantine’s legacy, one that was often neglected by his Christian hagiographers. Some modern scholars have questioned the orthodoxy of the so-called model Christian emperor, while others have doubted the sincerity of his Christian commitment, viewing his embrace of the faith as merely a means to a political end. Drawing together papers presented at the 2013 symposium at Stockton University commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Edict of Milan, this volume examines the very questions that have for so long occupied historians, classicists, and theologians. The papers in this volume prove once again that Constantine is not so much a figure from the remote past, but an individual whose legacy continues to shape our present.

Rethinking Constantine

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Author : Edward L Smither
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2014-08-28

Rethinking Constantine written by Edward L Smither and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-28 with History categories.

Constantine's life - his career, faith and relationship to the church - raises questions for Christians and for historians that cannot be ignored. Scholars continue to be intrigued with Constantine the man, the influence he wielded over the church and the paradigm that he introduced for church-state relations. Seventeen hundred years after Constantine's victory at Milvian Bridge, Rethinking Constantine reinvigorates the conversation and examines the historical sources that inform our picture ofConstantine, the theological developments that occurred in the wake of his rise to power and the aspects of Constantine's legacy that have shaped church history. Rethinking Constantine reassesses our picture of Constantine through careful historicalenquiry within the scope of the early Christian period.

Making Early Medieval Societies

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Author : Kate Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-01-21

Making Early Medieval Societies written by Kate Cooper and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-21 with History categories.

Examines the fundamental question of what held the societies of the post-Roman world together.

Constantine And The Captive Christians Of Persia

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Author : Kyle Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2019-11-12

Constantine And The Captive Christians Of Persia written by Kyle Smith and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-12 with Religion categories.

It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia. This account, however, is based on Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to centuries after the fact. In this groundbreaking study, Kyle Smith analyzes diverse Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources to show that there was not a single history of fourth-century Mesopotamia. By examining the conflicting hagiographical and historical evidence, Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia presents an evocative and evolving portrait of the first Christian emperor, uncovering how Syriac Christians manipulated the image of their western Christian counterparts to fashion their own political and religious identities during this century of radical change.

A Companion To The Byzantine Culture Of War Ca 300 1204

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-09-04

A Companion To The Byzantine Culture Of War Ca 300 1204 written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with History categories.

The Byzantine Culture of War offers a critical approach to the study of military organisation and warfare as fundamental aspects of the East Roman society and culture in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.