Raymond Van Dam is Professor of History and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Greek and Roman History at the University of Michigan. A scholar of the later Roman empire, history, and religion, he is the author of numerous books, most recently Families and Friends in Late Roman Cappadocia and Becoming Christian: The Conversion of Roman Cappadocia.
Introduction
Part I. A Roman Empire without Rome: 1. Constantine's rescript to Hispellum
2. His favorite rooster: old Rome and new Rome
3. 'Hope in His name': the Flavian dynasty
4. Reading ahead
Part II. A Greek Roman Empire: 5. Constantine's dialogue with Orcistus
6. 'The most holy religion': petitioning the emperor
7. 'The Roman language': Latin and the Greek East
8. Falling water
Part III. Emperor and God: 9. 'Begotten of the gods': the imperial tetrarchy
10. 'Begotten from the Father': the Christian Trinity
11. 'Only-begotten son': history becomes theology
12. The search for the Christian doctrine of the emperor
Epilogue: one emperor.
