CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

MAP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

INTRODUCTION

PART 1       IMPERIAL RESURRECTION

Chapter 1 The Crisis of AD 260

Chapter 2 The Renewal of the Roman Empire

PART 2       DIOCLETIAN

Chapter 3 The New Emperor

Chapter 4 Emperors and Subjects

Chapter 5 A New Look

Chapter 6 Persia and the Caesars

PART 3       CONSTANTINE AND DIOCLETIAN

Chapter 7 The Court of Diocletian

Chapter 8 Imperial Edicts and Moral Crusades

Chapter 9 Minervina

Chapter 10 The Succession

PART 4         FATHERS AND SONS

Chapter 11 The New Regime

Chapter 12 Maxentius and Fausta

Chapter 13 The End of Maximian

PART 5         THE ROAD TO ROME

Chapter 14 The Gathering Storm

Chapter 15 The Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Chapter 16 Freedom of Worship

Chapter 17 The Conversion of Constantine

PART 6         WAR AND PEACE

Chapter 18 Reworking Past and Future

Chapter 19 Governing the Empire

Chapter 20 Maximus and Bassus

Chapter 21 The Donatist Controversy

PART 7         TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY

Chapter 22 The Defeat of Licinius

Chapter 23 The Eastern Empire

Chapter 24 Constantine Speaks to the Bishops

Chapter 25 The Arian Controversy

Chapter 26 Nicaea

Chapter 27 Constantinople and Rome

PART 8         RULER OF THE WORLD

Chapter 28 Constantine’s Government

Chapter 29 Constantinople

Chapter 30 An Ordered Society

Chapter 31 Christians, Pagans, and Jews

Chapter 32 Neighbors

Chapter 33 End Times

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX: FINDING CONSTANTINE

TIMELINE

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX