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"This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along after him. Indeed, this major new biography argues that Constantine's conversion is but one feature of a unique administrative style that enabled him to take control of an empire beset by internal rebellions and external threats by Persians and Goths.…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2015Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 384 pages · 9780190231620
- Other · English · 2012Oxford University Press · 368 pages · 9780199755868
- Other · English · 2012Oxford University Press, Incorporated · 9780199985975
HistoryReligion and stateBiographyEmperorsConstantine i, emperor of rome, -337Emperors, romeRome, biographyRome, history