July – Maximian flees to
Marseille where he is besieged and surrenders. Constantine encourages his
suicide and Maximian, age 60, hangs himself. Emperor
Maxentius condemns the killing of his father.
Licinius campaigns with success against the Carpi.[1]
At
Trier, Constantine orders the minting of a new coin, the solidus, in an effort to offset the declining value of the denarius and bring stability to the imperial currency by restoring a gold standard. The solidus (later known as the bezant) will be minted in the
Byzantine Empire without change in weight or purity until the
10th century.
October 29 – Constantine enters
Rome; he stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the
Tiber and
decapitated.
Constantine I adopts the words "in hoc signo vinces" as a motto, and has the letters X and P (the first letters of the Greek word
Christ) emblazoned on the
shields of his soldiers.
Constantine I promotes a policy of state sponsorship of Christianity, perhaps even becoming a Christian himself (see
Constantine the Great and Christianity).
Emperor
Maximinus Daza crosses the
Bosphorus with an army of 70,000 men and lays siege to
Heraclea in
Thrace. He captures the city after eight days.
Battle of Tzirallum: Licinius defeats his rival Maximinus in Thrace, who then flees to
Cilicia. After losing the
Cilician Gates to Licinius' forces, Maximinus commits suicide.
Licinius conducts a purge of the wider Tetrarchic dynasty. He executes
Galerius' son
Candidianus,
Valerius Severus' son
Severianus (whom he accuses of conspiracy), and Maximinus' wife, son and daughter. Diocletian's wife
Prisca and daughter
Galeria Valeria go into hiding.
Nintoku, the fourth son of
Ōjin, becomes the
16th emperor of
Japan. The historical profile of Nintoku is generally accepted as fact without attributing all of the things he allegedly accomplished.[5]
July – Maximian flees to
Marseille where he is besieged and surrenders. Constantine encourages his
suicide and Maximian, age 60, hangs himself. Emperor
Maxentius condemns the killing of his father.
Licinius campaigns with success against the Carpi.[1]
At
Trier, Constantine orders the minting of a new coin, the solidus, in an effort to offset the declining value of the denarius and bring stability to the imperial currency by restoring a gold standard. The solidus (later known as the bezant) will be minted in the
Byzantine Empire without change in weight or purity until the
10th century.
October 29 – Constantine enters
Rome; he stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the
Tiber and
decapitated.
Constantine I adopts the words "in hoc signo vinces" as a motto, and has the letters X and P (the first letters of the Greek word
Christ) emblazoned on the
shields of his soldiers.
Constantine I promotes a policy of state sponsorship of Christianity, perhaps even becoming a Christian himself (see
Constantine the Great and Christianity).
Emperor
Maximinus Daza crosses the
Bosphorus with an army of 70,000 men and lays siege to
Heraclea in
Thrace. He captures the city after eight days.
Battle of Tzirallum: Licinius defeats his rival Maximinus in Thrace, who then flees to
Cilicia. After losing the
Cilician Gates to Licinius' forces, Maximinus commits suicide.
Licinius conducts a purge of the wider Tetrarchic dynasty. He executes
Galerius' son
Candidianus,
Valerius Severus' son
Severianus (whom he accuses of conspiracy), and Maximinus' wife, son and daughter. Diocletian's wife
Prisca and daughter
Galeria Valeria go into hiding.
Nintoku, the fourth son of
Ōjin, becomes the
16th emperor of
Japan. The historical profile of Nintoku is generally accepted as fact without attributing all of the things he allegedly accomplished.[5]