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050 4 _aDG315 -- .L467 2016eb
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100 1 _aLenski, Noel.
245 1 0 _aConstantine and the Cities :
_bImperial Authority and Civic Politics.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2016.
264 4 _c©2016.
300 _a1 online resource (415 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aEmpire and After Series
505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction. Many Faces of Constantine -- PART I. CONSTANTINE'S SELF-PRESENTATION -- Chapter 1. Constantine Develops -- Chapter 2. Constantinian Constants -- Chapter 3. Constantine and the Christians: Controlling the Message -- PART II. THE POWER OF PETITIONS -- Chapter 4. Approaching Constantine: The Orcistus Dossier -- Chapter 5. The Exigencies of Dialogue: Hispellum -- Chapter 6. Constantine's Cities in the West: Nomen Venerandum -- Chapter 7. Constantine's Cities in the East: Peer Polity Interaction -- PART III. RECONSTRUCTING THE ANCIENT CITY -- Chapter 8. Redistributing Wealth -- Chapter 9. Building Churches -- Chapter 10. Empowering Bishops -- PART IV. ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO CONSTANTINE -- Chapter 11. Engaging Cities -- Chapter 12. Resisting Cities -- Chapter 13. Opposing Christians: Donatists and Caecilianists -- Chapter 14. Complex Cities: Antioch and Alexandria -- Epilogue -- List of Sigla and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
520 _aRoman Emperor Constantine raised Christianity from a minority religion to imperial status, but his religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski demonstrates how the emperor and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aConstantine-I,-Emperor of Rome,--337.
650 0 _aConstantine-I,-Emperor of Rome,--337-Influence.
650 0 _aPower (Social sciences)-Rome-History.
650 0 _aSocial change-Rome-History.
650 0 _aChristianity and politics-Rome-History.
650 0 _aRome-History-Constantine I, the Great, 306-337.
650 0 _aRome-Politics and government-284-476.
650 0 _aRome-Religion.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLenski, Noel
_tConstantine and the Cities
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2016
_z9780812247770
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aEmpire and After Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4401752
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