Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Abbreviations xxi
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I. THE FOUNDING DISCOURSE OF IMPERIAL ROME
8. 1. FOUNDING, POWER, AND AUTHORITY 9
9. 2. THE FOUNDER’S TOMB AND POSTHUMOUS HONORS 44
10. 3. WOMEN AND FOUNDING FROM LIVIA TO HELENA 66
11. PART II. CHRISTIAN TRANSFORMATIONS
12. 4. THE CHRISTIAN FOUNDERS CONSTANTINE AND HELENA 111
13. 5. CONSTANTINE’S AND HELENA’S LEGACY IN THE ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC SPACE 147
14. 6. IMPERIAL WOMEN AND CIVIC FOUNDING 161
15. 7. KOINŌNIA 183
16. PART III. CHRISTIANITY AND THE FOUNDING DISCOURSE
17. 8. CHRISTIAN PIETY AND THE MAKING OF A CHRISTIAN DISCOURSE OF IMPERIAL FOUNDING 205
18. 9. CHURCH BUILDING AND FOUNDING 219
19. 10. THE VIRGIN MARY, CHRIST, AND THE DISCOURSE OF IMPERIAL FOUNDING 234
20. CONCLUSION 261
21. Notes 277
22. Bibliography 367
23. Index 415