From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views : a Source HistorySamuel N. C. Lieu, Dominic Montserrat Psychology Press, 1996 - 285 من الصفحات Provides students with important source material covering an age of major transition in Europe - the establishment of Rome as a Christian empire. Most of the material was previously unavailable in English.From Constantine to Julian covers an age of major transition in Europe, which saw the establishment of Rome as a Christian Empire and a period of recidivism under Julian.Texts include are the anonymous lives of Constantine, relevant sections of Aurelius Victor and 'Eumenius', Libanius' Oration 59, the Passion of Artemius and a selection of papyri and inscriptions. Most of this material has not previously been translated into English: students will now have direct access to the most important sources for the period which is studied in courses on classical antiquity, on early medieval Europe and on ecclesiastical history. |
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الصفحة 30 - ... presence, Sylvester showed him images of Peter and Paul, and these were duly recognised by Constantine as those who had appeared to him. He was then given Christian instruction, and after a solemn fast he was allegedly baptized in the Lateran Basilica — though it was not yet built at the time. A bright light was seen when he entered the water, and he was instantly healed. This was followed by a flood of legislation against paganism and in favour of Christianity. A week after his baptism, Constantine...
الصفحة 21 - To him Constantine came gladly, when he had conducted his sons forth from the assembly of the gods. But the avenging deities none the less punished both him and them for their impiety, and exacted the penalty for the shedding of the blood of their kindred,1 until Zeus granted them a respite for the sake of Claudius and Constantius.2 1 Introduction to Volume I. p. vii. 2 Constantius Chlorus. Sot Be, тгрос r¡fJM4 \é<ya)v ó Е/э/А?5<>, ВеВшка TOV С тгатера Míffpav ¿Triyvûvai-...
الصفحة 21 - Caesar wandered about for a long time and ran hither and thither, till mighty Ares and Aphrodite took pity on him and summoned him to them. Trajan hastened to Alexander and sat down near him. As for Constantine, he could not discover among the gods the model of his own career, but when he caught sight of Pleasure, who was not far off, he ran to her. She received him tenderly and embraced him, then after dressing him in raiment of many colours and otherwise making him beautiful, she led him away to...
الصفحة 14 - ... in our times neither the great fleet of merchant vessels from Egypt and from all Asia, nor the abundance of corn that is contributed from Syria and Phoenicia and the other nations as the payment of tribute, can suffice to satisfy the intoxicated multitude which Constantine transported to Byzantium by emptying other cities, and established near him because he loved to be applauded in the theatres by men so drunk that his name should be in their mouths, though so stupid were they that they could...
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| العنوان | From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views : a Source History Ancient history |
| المُحررون | Samuel N. C. Lieu, Dominic Montserrat |
| الناشر | Psychology Press, 1996 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 041509335X, 9780415093354 |
| عدد الصفحات | 285 من الصفحات |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |