Building the city of God: imperial patronage and local influence in Jerusalem from Theodosius I to Justinian (379-565 ad)

<p>This thesis offers a fresh study of the sources on the history of the city of Jerusalem in the period between the reigns of the Roman emperors Theodosius the Great and Justinian I. In the Holy Land, this period roughly coincides with the arrival of St Jerome in 385 and the completion of...