Remembering Constantine at the Milvian Bridge

Raymond Van Dam is a Professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan. His most recent publications are Rome and Constantinople: Rewriting Roman History during Late Antiquity (2010) and The Roman Revolution of Constantine (Cambridge University Press, 2007).

• Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Foreword: visions of Constantine; 2. The afterlife of Constantine; 3. Ecclesiastical histories; 4. Constantine's memories; 5. Eusebius' commentary; 6. Shaping memories in the west; 7. Rome after the battle; 8. Backward and forward; 9. Remembering Maxentius; 10. Back word: the bridge; List of editions and translations; Bibliography.

'Van Dam uses contemporary memory theory to arrive at a new interpretation of an age-old problem. Constantine's conversion and victory are explored through a polyptych of interpretive approaches that portray this perennially important figure in a new light.' Noel Lenski, University of Colorado