Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge
By: Raymond Van Dam
Contributors: MyiLibrary
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781107096431
Subjects: Saxa Rubra, Battle of, Italy, 312; HISTORY / Ancient / General
Description: "Constantine was the first Christian emperor in the Roman empire. Before his victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge outside Rome, he claimed to have seen a vision of a cross in the sky. The book analyzes the legends about the battle and the vision, from the later Roman empire to the later medieval period. By rehabilitating the significance of Maxentius, the losing emperor, this book also emphasizes the competing ideas at stake about Roman emperorship, the contours of the empire,and the place of Rome"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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