Constantine’s Rome: His Transformation of the Roman Empire - Couverture souple

Aulbach, Louis F.; Gorski, Linda C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1080757791 ISBN 13 : 9781080757794

Editeur : Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

After the Emperor Constantine defeated the usurper Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge and established his authority over the western Roman Empire in 312 AD, he initiated a grand construction program to confirm his imperial authority and to enhance his prestige throughout the empire. Over the next twenty-five years of his reign, Constantine's building projects would place him among the greatest of the imperial architects of the Roman Empire.For the first dozen years of his reign, as the Emperor of the West, the focus of Constantine's construction projects was on the city of Rome. During the chaos of the last half of the third century AD and the tetrarchal rule establish by the Emperor Diocletian, the importance of Rome was diminished greatly. The power centers of the Roman Empire were the regional capitals along the northern frontier that stretched from Britain in the north through the Rhine and Danube River basins to the Black Sea. Constantine sought to re-establish aspects of the traditional imperial leadership by building publicedifices to revitalize the ancient capital.In addition to the civic buildings initiated or completed, including the Basilica Nova, the triumphal arch near the Flavian Amphitheater (the “Colosseum”), the public baths that bear his name and others, Constantine also authorized and built numerous places of religious worship for the Christian communities of Rome and the Empire.Sixteen buildings from the era of Constantine are highlighted in this volume. Most of them are readily accessible, and it is our hope that our readers will explore these remnants of Constantine’s transformational period in the history of the Roman Empire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1080757791
• ISBN 13: 9781080757794
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 127
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