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Author : Iain Ferris
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445635445
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Arch of Constantine written by Iain Ferris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of one of the most impressive surviving monument in Rome.
Author : Bernard Berenson
Publisher : London : Chapman & Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Arch of Constantine written by Bernard Berenson and published by London : Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 1954 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter J. Aicher
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865165076
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (651 download)
Download or read book Rome Alive: A Source-Guide to the Ancient City Volume II written by Peter J. Aicher and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're an armchair tourist, are visiting Rome for the first time, or are a veteran of the city's charms, travelers of all ages and stages will benefit from this fascinating guidebook to Rome's ancient city. Aicher's commentary orients the visitor to each site's ancient significance. Photographs, maps, and floorplans abound, all making this a one-of-a-kind guide. A separate volume of sources in Greek and Latin is available for scholars who want access to the original texts.
Author : R. Ross Holloway
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300129718
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Constantine and Rome written by R. Ross Holloway and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, R. Ross Holloway examines Constantine’s remarkable building program 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.
Author : David Stone Potter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190231629
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Constantine the Emperor written by David Stone Potter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and vibrant new account of the extraordinary life of Constantine.
Author : H. A. Drake
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801871047
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Constantine and the Bishops written by H. A. Drake and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. Here Drake offers a fresh understanding of Constantine's rule.
Author : Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781477633144
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)
Download or read book Who Built the Arch of Constantine? written by Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardly anything might seem more audacious than to deny that the arch of Constantine was built in honor of that emperor; yet the really amazing thing is our failure to attend to the numerous hints that this arch had existed long before Constantine. Artists and archaeologists have always been un-able to explain how an architect of the decadent age of Constantine could have given to this arch its marvellous proportions and silhouette, which set it above all other arches, even those of the golden age (Fig. 1). Historians have been puzzled by the silence of that early catalogue of the buildings at Rome, the Notitia, issued before Constantine's death (334 A.D.), which assigns to Constantine, apparently, only the Janus in the Forum Boarium. The same Notitia increases the mystery by speaking of an Arcus Novus on the Via Lata, which can only be the arch of Diocletian, dedicated in 303. If in 334 the arch of 303 was still the latest of triumphal arches, how could an arch have been built to Constantine in 315 ?
Author : Raymond Marks
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472132679
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Domitian’s Rome and the Augustan Legacy written by Raymond Marks and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines material and literary cultural approaches to the study of the reception of Augustus and his age during the reign of the emperor Domitian
Author : Mary Beard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674020597
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)
Download or read book The Roman Triumph written by Mary Beard and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-31 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he’d captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days. A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side. What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar’s chariot? Or when Pompey’s elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general’s show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military might, for questions about military power and “victory” in our own day? The triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory. Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture—and for monarchs, dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes “history.”
Author : Bernard Berenson
Publisher : London : Chapman & Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Arch of Constantine written by Bernard Berenson and published by London : Chapman & Hall. This book was released on 1954 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosamond McKitterick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107041643
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Old Saint Peter's, Rome written by Rosamond McKitterick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first full study of the predecessor church of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, from late antique construction to Renaissance destruction.
Author : Jonathan Bardill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521764238
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age written by Jonathan Bardill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. The book explores the emperor's image as conveyed through literature, art, and architecture, and shows how Constantine reconciled the tradition of imperial divinity with his monotheistic faith. It demonstrates how the traditional themes and imagery of kingship were exploited to portray the emperor as the saviour of his people and to assimilate him to Christ. This is the first book to study simultaneously both archaeological and historical information to build a picture of the emperor's image and propaganda. It is extensively illustrated" --Provided by publisher.
Author : Michael Koortbojian
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069119503X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Crossing the Pomerium written by Michael Koortbojian and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Romans' early establishment of the sanctity of their city and the desire to protect it -- from not only the ravages of military conflict beyond its confines but the dangers of authoritarian rule at home -- took a variety of forms, legal, political, and military. These were codified in social practices, and thus established behaviors and rituals that, as they set these practices in the public eye, served as a continuing self-justification of Rome's growing dominance in the Mediterranean world. Koortbojian examines the transformation of Rome from Caesar to Constantine from several different points of view to reveal the primordial distinction between matters civic and military, and how the 'crossing of the pomerium,' the evanescent boundary that divided them, provided the crux of a historical interpretation of distinctly Roman endeavors. Koortbojian sets the background and then expands upon the long-vexed problem of the presence of men at arms in the city of Rome; long-standing legal and political practices that were adapted in the face of new military engagements and the crisis of civil war; and how Roman commanders attended to established religious practices while on campaign, and how those practices mirrored traditional customs and inverted the manner of their performance so as to acknowledge a profound Roman distinction between civic and military acts. As a whole, the book demonstrates how certain fundamental principles of law, politics, and military life -- and the practices that followed from them -- were interwoven in a narrative of continuity and change across three centuries of Roman imperial rule"
Author : Peter J. Leithart
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830827226
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Defending Constantine written by Peter J. Leithart and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Leithart weighs what we've been taught about Constantine and claims that in focusing on these historical mirages we have failed to notice the true significance of Constantine and Rome baptized. He reveals how beneath the surface of this contested story there lies a deeper narrative--a tectonic shift in the political theology of an empire--with far-reaching implications.
Author : Raymond Van Dam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139499726
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge written by Raymond Van Dam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge established his rule as the first Christian emperor. This book examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about that battle and its significance. Christian histories, panegyrics and an honorific arch at Rome soon commemorated his victory, and the emperor himself contributed to the myth by describing his vision of a cross in the sky before the battle. Through meticulous research into the late Roman narratives and the medieval and Byzantine legends, this book moves beyond a strictly religious perspective by emphasizing the conflicts about the periphery of the Roman empire, the nature of emperorship and the role of Rome as a capital city. Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory served as a powerful paradigm for understanding rulership in a Christian society.
Author : Diana Beuster
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640349423
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Arch of Constantine written by Diana Beuster and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Archaeology, grade: A, Indiana University, language: English, abstract: The Arch of Constantine and its historical relief frieze containing the victory over Maxentius however commemorates the victory in a civil war between two Romans, which is unlike to almost all the other commemorating monuments in the Roman Empire.
Author : Stine Birk
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782972641
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Using Images in Late Antiquity written by Stine Birk and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen papers focus on the active and dynamic uses of images during the first millennium AD. They bring together an international group of scholars who situate the period’s visual practices within their political, religious, and social contexts. The contributors present a diverse range of evidence, including mosaics, sculpture, and architecture from all parts of the Mediterranean, from Spain in the west to Jordan in the east. Contributions span from the depiction of individuals on funerary monuments through monumental epigraphy, Constantine’s expropriation and symbolic re-use of earlier monuments, late antique collections of Classical statuary, and city personifications in mosaics to the topic of civic prosperity during the Theodosian period and dynastic representation during the Umayyad dynasty. Together they provide new insights into the central role of visual culture in the constitution of late antique societies.
