Project Gutenberg 2014-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 108 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 Bertolotti, Davide 1784 1860 Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 04 Reading ease score: 37.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Carlo Traverso, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 04" by Edward Gibbon is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This volume focuses on the pivotal conversion of Emperor Constantine to Christianity, examining its motivations, progression, and impact on the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Christian Church. Gibbon elaborates on the multifaceted influences surrounding this historic event, mapping a narrative of political maneuvering intertwined with the rise of a new religious paradigm. The opening of the work presents a detailed exploration of Constantine's conversion, beginning with the varying accounts and contradictions regarding its timing and implications. Gibbon assesses the complexities of Constantine's personal beliefs, his initial allegiance to pagan traditions, and the gradual adoption of Christianity under both political pressures and personal convictions. The narrative highlights significant events such as the Edict of Milan, which officially granted religious tolerance to Christians, as well as the profound changes in the relationship between civil authority and the emerging ecclesiastical power, setting the stage for the transformation of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity as a dominant faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45218/45218-h/images/cover.jpg it Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527 DG Text IT Storia Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages 876882 876883 2024-10-19T04:55:42.851504 2023-09-19T15:57:45.471362 text/html text/html 851650 2014-03-25T17:19:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 430627 2014-03-25T17:19:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 462823 2024-10-19T04:55:55.181399 application/epub+zip 472636 2024-10-19T04:55:44.831501 application/epub+zip 414713 2024-10-19T04:55:43.837489 application/epub+zip 726730 2024-10-19T04:56:02.643490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674154 2024-10-19T04:55:54.156411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616357 2022-09-20T16:03:46.587115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 739608 2024-10-19T04:55:40.634543 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 739437 2014-03-25T17:19:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 287884 2014-03-25T17:19:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20699 2024-10-19T04:56:02.797375 application/rdf+xml 16232 2024-10-19T04:55:44.013457 image/jpeg 2182 2024-10-19T04:55:43.928482 image/jpeg 433565 2024-10-19T04:55:42.929525 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia en.wikipedia it.wikipedia