Caesars and Saints the Rise of the Christian State A.D. 180-313

Stewart Perowne

ISBN 10: 088029910X / ISBN 13: 9780880299107

Published by Barnes & Noble, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Caesars and Saints the Rise of the Christian State A.D. 180-313
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088029910X
• ISBN 13: 9780880299107
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • World history
  • Religion
  • Military

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Synopsis

An intriguing record of those crucial centuries in the history of mankind--the obscure period between the death of Marcus Aurelius and the rise of Constantine--in which a pagan monarchy centered in Rome transformed itself into a Christian theocracy directed from Constantinople. Documents 3 key sub-themes: the reasons why material Rome was in decline; the ways in which it was saved from dissolution as much by Semitic as by Italic enterprise; and how it was inevitable that Christianity should become the basis of a new order.