Название: Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor
Автор: Paul Stephenson
Издательство: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 1590203240
Год: 2010
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 352
Размер: 8,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
An authoritative look at the life of the first Christian Roman emperor and founder of Constantinople
"By this sign conquer." So began the reign of Constantine. In 312 A.D. a cross appeared in the sky above his army as he marched on Rome.
In answer, Constantine bade his soldiers to inscribe the cross on their shield, and so fortified, they drove their rivals into the Tiber and claimed Rome for themselves. Constantine led Christianity and its adherents out of the shadow of persecution. He united the western and eastern halves of the Roman Empire, raising a new city center in the east. When barbarian hordes consumed Rome itself, Constantinople remained as a beacon of Roman Christianity.