Ian Hughes

A military life of constantine the great - Ian Hughes

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• Much of Constantine I's claim to lasting fame rests upon his sponsorship of Christianity
• And many works have been published assessing whether his apparent conversion was a real religious experience or a cynical political maneuver
• However his path to sole rule of the Roman Empire depended more upon the ruthless application of military might than upon his espousal of Christianity
• He fought numerous campaigns
• Many of them against Roman rivals for Imperial power
• Most famously defeating Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge
• In this new study
• Ian Hughes assesses whether Constantine would have deserved the title 'the Great' for his military achievements alone
• Or whether the epithet depends upon the gratitude of Christian historians
• All of Constantine's campaigns are narrated and his strategic and tactical decisions analyzed

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