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024	7		_a10.9783/9780812292237 _2doi
035			_a(DE-B1597)9780812292237
035			_a(DE-B1597)469706
035			_a(OCoLC)979724996
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
072		7	_aHIS002020 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a937/.08 _223
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aLenski, Noel _eautore
245	1	0	_aConstantine and the Cities : _bImperial Authority and Civic Politics / _cNoel Lenski.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016
300			_a1 online resource (416 p.) : _b56 illus.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aEmpire and After
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tList of Maps -- _tIntroduction. Many Faces of Constantine -- _tPart I. Constantine's Self-Presentation -- _tChapter 1. Constantine Develops -- _tChapter 2. Constantinian Constants -- _tChapter 3. Constantine and the Christians -- _tPart II. The Power of Petitions -- _tChapter 4. Approaching Constantine -- _tChapter 5. The Exigencies of Dialogue -- _tChapter 6. Constantine's Cities in the West -- _tChapter 7. Constantine's Cities in the East -- _tPart III. Reconstructing the Ancient City -- _tChapter 8. Redistributing Wealth -- _tChapter 9. Building Churches -- _tChapter 10. Empowering Bishops -- _tPart IV. Alternative Responses to Constantine -- _tChapter 11. Engaging Cities -- _tChapter 12. Resisting Cities -- _tChapter 13. Opposing Christians -- _tChapter 14. Complex Cities -- _tEpilogue -- _tSigla and Abbreviations -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex -- _tAcknowledgments
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aOver the course of the fourth century, Christianity rose from a religion actively persecuted by the authority of the Roman empire to become the religion of state-a feat largely credited to Constantine the Great. Constantine succeeded in propelling this minority religion to imperial status using the traditional tools of governance, yet his proclamation of his new religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. His coins and inscriptions, public monuments, and pronouncements sent unmistakable signals to his non-Christian subjects that he was willing not only to accept their beliefs about the nature of the divine but also to incorporate traditional forms of religious expression into his own self-presentation. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski attempts to reconcile these apparent contradictions by examining the dialogic nature of Constantine's power and how his rule was built in the space between his ambitions for the empire and his subjects' efforts to further their own understandings of religious truth.Focusing on cities and the texts and images produced by their citizens for and about the emperor, Constantine and the Cities uncovers the interplay of signals between ruler and subject, mapping out the terrain within which Constantine nudged his subjects in the direction of conversion. Reading inscriptions, coins, legal texts, letters, orations, and histories, Lenski demonstrates how Constantine and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aChristianity and politics _zRome _xHistory.
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences) _zRome _xHistory.
650		0	_aSocial change _zRome _xHistory.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Ancient / Rome. _2bisacsh
653			_aAncient Studies.
653			_aClassics.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.9783/9780812292237
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812292237
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