From Byzantium to Constantinople: an urban history

The consecration of the city of Constantinople in 330 CE on the emplacement of the Greek city of Byzantium was one of the most important moments in the whole of Graeco-Roman history. The foundation of the city responded to important changes in the social, political, and cultural character of the Rom...

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1. Verfasser: Matthews, John 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2024]
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:The consecration of the city of Constantinople in 330 CE on the emplacement of the Greek city of Byzantium was one of the most important moments in the whole of Graeco-Roman history. The foundation of the city responded to important changes in the social, political, and cultural character of the Roman empire of the first three centuries. In its role as the capital of the Byzantine Empire, it provided a setting for a new religion and the framework for more than a thousand years of continued Roman history in the east. 'From Byzantium to Constantinople' explores, in great detail, the Graeco-Roman context of the city and its early history in the first century of its identity as the new Rome
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 262 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197585528
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197585498.001.0001

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