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Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times

Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times

Michael Grant
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Constantine the Great delves into the reasons why the reign of this Roman emperor marked an historical epoch, albeit one charged with irony. Founding his capital at Constantinople, Constantine revitalized the Eastern half of the empire, enabling it to survive and to flourish for another thousand years. Yet, as Grant shows, this shift of power to the east would prove fatal to the Western empire and have profound consequences for Europe as a whole. Constantine’s most far-reaching decision, however, was the legalization of Christianity and his conversion to the faith. Without this dramatic change, Christianity might have remained a suppressed, minority religion—or worse. Grant points out the irony behind this watershed too: For Constantine, the Christian God represented not peace but power, not humanity but success in warfare. Whatever the emperor’s motives, Christian writers of that period—and after—greatly admired Constantine. Grant draws on their writings judiciously, while noting, for example, that Eusebius fails to mention Constantine’s murder of his own son and his empress. Grant deftly explores the many questions surrounding these killings—Had the son plotted revolution? Had his stepmother, the empress, fallen in love with him? Had the emperor allowed a charge of rape brought by the empress against her stepson, to stand?—and goes further than any historian before him in finding answers. In examining Constantine as soldier, administrator, Christian, father, andhusband, Michael Grant produces a rich composite picture of a gifted but profoundly flawed man.
“Michael Grant is justly recognized as an expert & civilized guide to the ancient world.”—The Economist
“Michael Grant was one of the few classical historians to win respect from academics & a lay readership.”—The Times, London

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Preface
The sources
The rise to supremacy
Civil Wars
Foreign Wars
The government & character of Constantine
Constantine, Crispus & Fausta
Constantinople
Constantine & the Christian God
Constantine & the Christian church
Builder
Baptism, death & succession
The significance of Constantine
Chronological Table
Some Later Roman Emperors
Genealogical Table
Maps
Abbreviations
References
Some Books
Index
Language
English
Pages
279
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons (NY et al.)
Release
April 01, 1994
ISBN
0684195208
ISBN 13
9780684195209

Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times

Michael Grant
3.5/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Constantine the Great delves into the reasons why the reign of this Roman emperor marked an historical epoch, albeit one charged with irony. Founding his capital at Constantinople, Constantine revitalized the Eastern half of the empire, enabling it to survive and to flourish for another thousand years. Yet, as Grant shows, this shift of power to the east would prove fatal to the Western empire and have profound consequences for Europe as a whole. Constantine’s most far-reaching decision, however, was the legalization of Christianity and his conversion to the faith. Without this dramatic change, Christianity might have remained a suppressed, minority religion—or worse. Grant points out the irony behind this watershed too: For Constantine, the Christian God represented not peace but power, not humanity but success in warfare. Whatever the emperor’s motives, Christian writers of that period—and after—greatly admired Constantine. Grant draws on their writings judiciously, while noting, for example, that Eusebius fails to mention Constantine’s murder of his own son and his empress. Grant deftly explores the many questions surrounding these killings—Had the son plotted revolution? Had his stepmother, the empress, fallen in love with him? Had the emperor allowed a charge of rape brought by the empress against her stepson, to stand?—and goes further than any historian before him in finding answers. In examining Constantine as soldier, administrator, Christian, father, andhusband, Michael Grant produces a rich composite picture of a gifted but profoundly flawed man.
“Michael Grant is justly recognized as an expert & civilized guide to the ancient world.”—The Economist
“Michael Grant was one of the few classical historians to win respect from academics & a lay readership.”—The Times, London

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Preface
The sources
The rise to supremacy
Civil Wars
Foreign Wars
The government & character of Constantine
Constantine, Crispus & Fausta
Constantinople
Constantine & the Christian God
Constantine & the Christian church
Builder
Baptism, death & succession
The significance of Constantine
Chronological Table
Some Later Roman Emperors
Genealogical Table
Maps
Abbreviations
References
Some Books
Index
Language
English
Pages
279
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons (NY et al.)
Release
April 01, 1994
ISBN
0684195208
ISBN 13
9780684195209

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