From the Book - First edition.
Pt. I. Faith and power in the third century
Religion in the Later Roman Empire : Roman state religion and imperial cults ; The cult of the standards ; Private religious devotion and cults ; The mysteries of Mithras
The rise of Christianity : Women and the spread of Christianity ; Christianity as an urban phenomenon ; Christian exceptionalism and martyrdom ; Early Christian attitudes to warfare ; Christians in the Roman army ; Military martyrs and warrior saints
The unconquered emperor and his Divine Patron : The crisis of empire ; The emperor and the army ; The Roman theology of victory ; The unconquered emperor and the Sun ; Aurelian ; Christ the true Sun
The Tetrarchy : The first Tetrarchy ; Jovians and Herculians ; The Caesars at war ; The army of the Tetrarchs ; The Great Persecution ; Lactantius : On the deaths of the persecutors
pt. II. Constantine Invictus. Constantine Invictus : The second Tetrarchy ; Constantine's accession ; Trier ; A vision ; The road to Rome ; The Battle of the Milvian Bridge ; Constantine Invictus and the theology of victory
Constantine and Rome : Maxentius in Rome ; Adventus Constantini ; The Arch of Constantine ; Meanwhile: Licinius and Maximinus Daia ; Constantine confronts Licinius
Constantine's conversion : A Christian education ; The setting sun? ; Legislating toleration ; The battle for toleration ; Eusebius and the labarum ; A common vision?
Constantinople : Nikopolis: victory city ; Location and foundation ; The monumental core ; A Christian city? ; A second senate ; A new Alexander, a new Moses
pt. III. Victor Constantine
Victor Constantine : Victor eris ; The new Flavians and the Great Cameo ; The deaths of Crispus and Fausta ; Goths and Sarmatians ; Christian soldiers? ; The greatest victor
Constantine Maximus Augustus : Government ; Life at court ; Pentarchy ; Persia ; The Holy Places
Constantine and the bishops : Constantine the universal bishop ; The Donatist schism and the Council of Arles ; The Arians and the Council of Nicaea ; The Christian emperor after Nicaea ; The Church after Constantine
Death and succession : Constantine's death ; Apotheosis ; Constantine as Christ ; The succession ; Constantius Victor ; Christian victory.
