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In an essential and richly illustrated work, Claire Sotinel returns not so much to the causes of the fall of the empire but rather to its changes between 212 and the end of the 5th century, from Caracalla to Theodoric. However, it is over this long period that the reign of Constantine the Great is situated. In what context did he come to power? What role did the tetrarchy play in this rise? What was the nature of the political, military and economic instability of the time? How did Constantine assert himself? What role did the Battle of the Milvian Bridge play? Finally, what place should be given to his famous conversion and then to his religious policy? Finally, what type of government will he exercise? The historian Claire Sotinel answers Christophe Dickès. Our professor: Claire Sotinel is professor of Roman history at the University of Paris Est Créteil and directs the Center for Research in Comparative European History. A specialist in late antiquity, she is particularly interested in the impact of religious changes on societies in the Western Mediterranean between the 3rd and 6th centuries. She has just published Rome la Fin d'un empire De Caracalla à Théodoric (212-fin du 5e siècle) at Belin in the Collection Mondes anciens by Joël Cornette.