vi, 458 pages : 24 cm

This study of the Roman Empire in the age of Constantine offers a thoroughly new assessment of the part Christianity played in the Roman world during the third and fourth centuries. The author provides a narrative history of the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine. The book details Constantine's rise to power and his government, demonstrating how Constantine's sincere adherence to Christianity advanced his political aims. The author explores the whole range of Eusebius' writings, especially those composed before Constantine became emperor, and shows that many attitudes usually deemed typical of the "Constantinian revolution" were prevalent before the new Christian empire came into existence

Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-442)

Includes indexes

Constantine. Diocletian and Maximiam ; Galerius and the Christians ; The rise of Constantine ; The Christian emperor of the west ; Constantine and Licinius -- Eusebius. Origen and Caesarea ; Biblical scholarship and the Chronicle ; The history of the church ; Persecution ; Eusebius as apologist -- The Christian empire. Before Constantine ; The council of Nicaea ; Ecclesiastical politics ; The new monarchy ; Eusebius and Constantine

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