Book/Printed Material Constantine the Great;
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Image 1 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 2 of Constantine the Great; Si. v^ V A v* I^J^^ 4 o- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 4 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 5 of Constantine the Great; Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 witii funding from Tine Library of Congress Iittp://www.arcliive.org/details/constantinegreat01firt- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 6 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 7 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 8 of Constantine the Great; Heroes of the Nations A Series of Biographical Studies presenting the lives and work of certain representative histori- cal characters, about whom have gathered the traditions of the nations to which they...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 9 of Constantine the Great; Iberoes ot tbe IRations EDITED BY f). inn. Cacless S avis, ^.£1. FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE GLORIA RERUM. OVID, IN LIVIAM, 2S5. CONSTANTINE- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 10 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 11 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 12 of Constantine the Great; CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM PRINT ROOM. Frontispiece.- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 13 of Constantine the Great; CONSTANTINE THE GREAT THE REORGANISATION OF THE EMPIRE AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH JOHN B. FIRTH (sometime scholar of queen s college, oxford) AUTHOR OF AUGUSTUS C-BSAR, a TRANSLATION OF PLINy...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 14 of Constantine the Great; Li!ih :^V a! GO :.c;!£SSj FEB 4 1905 CLhSS /i XAc, NOi /0S-//9 COPY b( Copyright, 1904 BY G. P. PUTNAM S SONS Published, January, 1905 Ube Vtniclierbocfter l^cese, Dew QorK- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 16 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 17 of Constantine the Great; PREFACE IN the following chapters, my object has been to tell the story of the Life and Times of Constan- tine the Great. Whether he deserves the epithet my readers will judge...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 18 of Constantine the Great; vi Preface to explain the causes of quarrel rather than act as judge between the disputants. And though in this branch of my subject I have consulted all the origi- nal authorities...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 19 of Constantine the Great; CONTENTS CHAPTER I. ^THE EMPIRE UNDER DIOCLETIAN CHAPTER II. THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH CHAPTER III. THE ABDICATION OF DIOCLETIAN AND THE SUC- CESSION OF CONSTANTINE 39 PAGE I 12 CHAPTER IV....- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 20 of Constantine the Great; viii Contents CHAPTER VIII. PAGE LAST DAYS OF PERSECUTION I34 CHAPTER IX. CONSTANTINE AND THE DONATISTS 159 CHAPTER X. THE ARIAN CONTROVERSY tr 189 CHAPTER XL THE COUNCIL OF NIC^A 211 CHAPTER...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 21 of Constantine the Great; ILLUSTRATIONS CONSTANTINE THE GREAT Frontispiece From the British Museum Print Room. BUST OF DIOCLETIAN 22 CONSTANTINE THE GREAT 40 From Grosvenor s Constantinople. THE GOLDEN GATE OF DIOCLETIAn s PALACE AT SALONA...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 22 of Constantine the Great; Illustrations PAGE THE WESTERN SIDE OF A PEDESTAL, SHOWING THE HOMAGE OF THE VANQUISHED GOTHS I26 From Grosvenor s Constantinople. THE AMPHITHEATRE AT ARLES 168 Exterior view. Present day. 172 238 THE...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 23 of Constantine the Great; Illustrations XI COLUMN OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT From Grosvenor s Constantinople. THE THREE EXISTING MONUMENTS OF THE HIPPO- DROME From Grosvenor s Constantinople. PLAN OF THE HIPPODROME From Grosvenor s Constantinople. THE...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 24 of Constantine the Great; Xll Illustrations PAGB SOLIDUS OF GALERIUS 332 SOLIDUS OF SEVERUS II. 332 SOLIDUS OF MAXIMIN DAZA 34O SOLIDUS OF LICINIUS I. 340 SOLIDUS OF LICINIUS II. 340 DOUBLE SOLIDUS OF CONSTANTINE THE...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 25 of Constantine the Great; S II J a rt C ss i fl! o S ki M V a ao SO W-. 4^ w o rt rt ni j c3c rt O t a S^ (U...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 26 of Constantine the Great;- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
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Image 27 of Constantine the Great; Constantine CHAPTER I THE EMPIRE UNDER DIOCLETIAN THE catastrophe of the fall of Rome, with all that its fall signified to the fifth century, came very near to accomplishment in the third....- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 28 of Constantine the Great; 2 Constantine the Alps. Pannonia had been ravaged by the Sar- matse and the Quadi. In successive invasions the Goths had overrun Dacia had poured round the Black Sea or crossed it...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 29 of Constantine the Great; The Empire under Diocletian 3 many of whom were elected, worshipped, and mur- dered by their soldiers within the space of a few weeks or months, You little know, my friends, said...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 30 of Constantine the Great; 4 Constantine in the army a career open to talent. The murder of Aurelian, in 275, was followed by an interreg- num of seven months, during which the army seemed to repent...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 31 of Constantine the Great; The Empire under Diocletian 5 for a soldier s life, was soon slain by his Praetorian praefect, Arrius Aper. But the choice of the army fell upon Diocletian^ and he, after stabbing...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 32 of Constantine the Great; 6 Constantine find an army to back them. By entrusting Max- imian with the sovereignty of the West, he forestalled Maximian s almost certain rivalry, and the four great frontiers each required...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 33 of Constantine the Great; The Empire under Diocletian 7 a half before. He led his troops into the wastes of the Mesopotamian desert and suffered the inevitable disaster. When he returned with the survivors of his...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 34 of Constantine the Great; 8 Constantine merely Caesar? But there is no word of cor- roboration from any other source. On the contrary, we can see that Diocletian, whose forte was di- plomacy rather than generalship,...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 35 of Constantine the Great; The Empire under Diocletian 9 of no friction between the four masters of the world. Diocletian profoundly modified the character of the Roman Principate. He orientalised it, adopting frankly and openly the...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 36 of Constantine the Great; lo Constantine domestic services into the dignity of a liturgy. It may be that these changes intensified the serviHty of the subject, and sapped still further the man- hood and self-respect of...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 37 of Constantine the Great; The Empire under Diocletian 1 1 faults, for the principles on which the finances of the Empire rested were thoroughly mischievous and un- sound. But the reign of Diocletian was one of...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 38 of Constantine the Great; CHAPTER II THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH UNFORTUNATELY for the fame of Diocletian there is one indelible blot upon the record of his reign. He attached his name to the edicts whereby...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 39 of Constantine the Great; The Persecution of the Church 13 since the days of Domitian. There had been spas- modic outbreaks of fierce persecution under Decius, that execrable beast, as Lactantius calls him, under Valerian, and...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905
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Image 40 of Constantine the Great; 14 Constantine advancing from strength to strength, conscious of its increasing powers and of the benevolent neutrahty of Diocletian. Christians who took office were re- lieved from the necessity of offering incense...- Contributor: Firth, John B[Enjamin]
- Date: 1905