Book description
Directly responsible for momentuos transformwations of the Imperial
scene, Constantine will always be famous as the 1st Christian Emperor of
Rome, and for refounding ancient Byzantium as Constantinople - events
which rank amongst the most significant in history. In art, politics,
economics and particularly in religion, the life of Constantine acts as
a bridge between past and present. Was he the last notable Roman
Emperor, or the first medieval monarch? Was the Great convert a saunt
and hero, or should we regard him as a murderer who killed his wife, his
eldest son , and many of his friends to further his own ambitions? These
are just some of the issues that are raised in thos stimulating
biography. Michael Grant was formerly a Fellow of Trinity College,
Cambridge, Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh University, the first
Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast, and Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Khartoum. He is Doctor of Letters at Cambridge and
Honorary Doctor of Letters and Laws at Dublin and Belfast respectively.
He has also been President of the Classical Association of England, the
Virgil Society and the Royal Numismatic Society, and is a Medallist of
the American Numismatic Society.
