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The ‘Eusebian Constantine’
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The Eusebian image of the first Christian emperor is a key to understanding the nature of Eusebius' panegyric as well as his notion of Constantine's relationship with the Christian God.Abstract:
Historians generally have concerned themselves with the reliability of the Vita Constantini of Eusebius, while ignoring an important contribution of the panegyricist, namely, the image of Constantine he projects to his readers. This image, or the “Eusebian Constantine,” involves four major elements: (1) all success and benefit derive from the favor of the divinity; (2) only the pious receive divine favor; (3) the most important indication of divine favor for a pious ruler is military victory; and (4) with the victory secured, divine favor will produce peace and unity for the realm. Constantine, being close to Eusebius, helped to mold his own image which is more than a representation of the first Christian emperor—it is a key to understanding the nature of Eusebius' panegyric as well as his notion of Constantine's relationship with the Christian God.read more
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Eusebius on the True Cross
TL;DR: According to a beloved and now generally disbelieved story, the Cross upon which Jesus suffered was discovered some three hundred years after the event by the saintly Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, Rome's first Christian emperor.
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The early episcopal career of Athanasius of Alexandria
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The image of Christ in Late Antiquity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on images of Christ that date from the first half of Late Antiquity, defined as the three centuries between AD 200 and 500, and argue that ambiguity was a key component in the creation and subsequent interpretation of the Late Antique Christian iconography.
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Notes on the Genuineness of the Constantinian Documents in Eusebius's Life of Constantine1 and Appendix
A. H. M. Jones,T. C. Skeat +1 more
TL;DR: One of the principal arguments against the authenticity of the Constantinian documents, and of the Life in which they are incorporated, has been the phrase used by Constantine in one of them to describe his age at the opening of the Great Persecution in a.d. 303.
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Pietas and Victoria : the Emperor and the Citizen
TL;DR: In dealing with so wide-ranging a subject, a remark of an American scholar, Mr. Hoey, on the intimate connection between the titles pius, felix, and invictus provides a convenient starting-point.