ation ▁with ▁the ▁truth ▁is ▁much ▁more ▁advis able . ▁Another ▁rev iewer ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁Const antine ▁similarly ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁body ▁of ▁evidence ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁traditional ▁text - based ▁studies : ▁Who ▁was ▁Const antine ? ▁A ▁religious ▁opportun ist ? ▁A ▁bene vol ent ▁but ▁aut ocr atic ▁patron ▁of ▁Christian ity ? ▁An ▁int ol er ant ▁desp ot ? ▁All ▁these ▁character izations ▁have ▁been ▁c og ently ▁proposed ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁scholar ly ▁analysis ▁of ▁document ary ▁evidence ▁and ▁the ▁s ifting ▁of ▁historical ▁data ▁derived ▁from ▁text ual ▁research . ▁This ▁new ▁book ▁looks ▁at ▁a ▁different ▁body ▁of ▁evidence ▁and ▁capt ures ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁the ▁man ▁and ▁his ▁era ▁from ▁another ▁angle — the ▁buildings ▁and ▁monuments ▁he ▁ere cted ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Rome . ▁ ▁H ollow ay ' s ▁field ▁work ▁has ▁centered ▁on ▁Italy ▁and ▁Sic ily ▁in ▁the ▁Early ▁and ▁Middle ▁Bron ze ▁Age . ▁ ▁The ▁radi oc ar bon ▁dates ▁from ▁his ▁exc av ations ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁shift ▁of ▁almost ▁five ▁centuries ▁in ▁Early ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁chron ology ▁in ▁this ▁area , ▁while ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁Early ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁bl ades ▁from ▁Bu cc ino ▁( Sal erno ) ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁document ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁ar sen ic ▁as ▁a ▁hard ening ▁agent ▁in ▁▁ ▁early ▁bronze ▁met all ur gy . ▁▁ ▁On ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁U st ica ▁(