The most substantial biography ever written on the most important Romanemperor Professor Charles M. Odahl has written a fascinating account of thelife and reign... » 

The most substantial biography ever written on the most important Romanemperor Professor Charles M. Odahl has written a fascinating account of thelife and reign of the first Christian emperor of the Roman world.Drawing on over a quarter of a century of research on sources relevant to theperiod and retracing the journeys made by Constantine across Europe and aroundthe Mediterranean basin this uptodate biography provides students with acomprehensive knowledge of literary sources and research into the archaeologyof the Constantinian era and enables a more rounded and accurate portrait thanhas previously been available.Illustrated with ninetytwo photographs and eight maps Constantine and theChristian Empire is the standard work on the man and his life for scholarsstudents and all those interested in Roman imperial early Christian andByzantine imperial history. «