Constantine and the Christian Empire

by Charles Matson Odahl

Book Overview

This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 - 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041564514X
• ISBN13: 9780415645140
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"