Constantine and Rome

by: Holloway, R.R.

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 Constantine the Great (285-337) played a crucial role in mediating between the pagan, imperial past of the city of Rome, which he conquered in 312, and its future as a Christian capital. In this learned and highly readable book, Ross Holloway examines Constantine's remarkable building programme in Rome. Holloway begins by examining the Christian Church in the period before the Peace of 313, when Constantine and his co-emperor Licinius ended the persecution of the Christians. He then focuses on the structure, style, and significance of important monuments: the Arch of Constantine and the two great Christian basilicas, St. John's in the Lateran and St. Peter's, as well as the imperial mausoleum at Tor Pignatara. In a final chapter Holloway advances a new interpretation of the archaeology of the Tomb of St. Peter beneath the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica. The tomb, he concludes, was not the original resting place of the remains venerated as those of the Apostle but was created only in 251 by Pope Cornelius. Drawing on the most up-to-date archaeological evidence, he describes a cityscape that was at once Christian and pagan, mirroring the personality of its ruler

ontents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
I. Constantine and the Christians
II. The Arches
III. Basilicas, Baptistry, and Burial
IV. The Tomb of St. Peter
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Subjects:
Architecture
Architecture Italie Rome
Architecture Italy Rome
Architecture paléochrétienne Italie Rome
Architecture, Early Christian
Architecture, Early Christian Italy Rome
Architektur
Art patronage
Bouwprojecten
Buildings
Christendom
Christian antiquities Italy Rome
Christianisme et art Italie Rome
Christianity and art
Christianity and art Italy Rome
Constantin I, empereur de Rome, m. 337 Mécénat
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 Art patronage
Emperors Rome
Frühchristentum
Geschichte 30-600
Italy Rome
Konstantin Römisches Reich, Kaiser, I
Monumenten
Rom
Rome (Italie) Constructions
Rome (Italy) Antiquities
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc. To 476
Römisches Reich

xiv, 191 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

Constantine and Rome

by: Holloway, R.R.

• ISBN-13: 9780300100433 / 978-0-300-10043-3
• ISBN-03: 0300100434 / 0-300-10043-4
• Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2004

Price: 52,00 EURO

1 copy in stock