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Owing to his vices and incapacity he was left out of account in the division of the empire which took place in 305. A variety of causes, however, had produced strong dissatisfaction at Rome with many of the arrangements established by Diocletian, and on October 28, 306, the public discontent expressed itself in the massacre of those magistrates who remained loyal to Flavius Valerius Severus and in the election of Maxentius to the imperial dignity. He was supported by the Praetorian Guard.
With the help of his father, Maxentius was enabled to put Severus to death and to repel the invasion of Galerius; his next steps were first to banish Maximian, and then, after achieving a military success in Africa against the rebellious governor, Domitius Alexander, to declare war against Constantine as having brought about the death of his father Maximian. His intention of carrying the war into Gaul was anticipated by Constantine, who marched into Italy.
Maxentius was defeated at Saxa RubraThe Battle of Milvian Bridge took place on October 28, 312 between the Roman Emperors Constantine the Great and Maxentius. When Constantine emerged victorious, the path of Western civilization as it had been known was about to be changed forever. The unde near RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman and drowned in the TiberThe River Tiber ( Italian Tevere , the third longest river in Italy at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po, flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that cross the suburbs of while attempting to make his way across the Milvian bridge into Rome.
He was a man of brutal and worthless character; but although GibbonSee text Gibbons are small apes that are traditionally grouped in the genus Hylobates and they are further divided into four subgenera based on their diploid chromosome number: Hylobates (44), Bunopithecus (38), Nomascus (52), and Symphalangus (50). They's statement that he was "just, humane and even partial towards the afflicted Christians" may be exaggerated, it is probable that he never exhibited any special hostility towards them.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica