Rome and Constantinople: Rewriting Roman History During Late Antiquity

by Raymond Van Dam

Book Overview

Imperial Rome and Christian Constantinople were both astonishingly large cities with over-sized appetites that served as potent symbols of the Roman Empire and its rulers. Esteemed historian Raymond Van Dam draws upon a wide array of evidence to reveal a deep interdependence on imperial ideology and economy as he elucidates the parallel workaday realities and lofty images in their stories.

Tracing the arc of empire from the Rome of Augustus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602582017
• ISBN13: 9781602582019
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher