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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XIV.

TROUBLES AFTER THE ABDICATION OF DIOCLETIAN.-DEATH OF CONSTAN-

TIUS. -ELEVATION OF CONSTANTINE AND MAXENTIUS. SIX EMPERORS

AT THE SAME TIME.-DEATH OF MAXIMIAN AND GALERIUS.-VICTORIES

OF CONSTANTINE OVER MAXENTIUS AND LICINIUS.- RE-UNION OF THE

EMPIRE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CONSTANTINE.

A. D.

305-323. Period of Civil Wars and Confusion

Character and Situation of Constantius..

Of Galerius.

The two Cæsars, Severus and Maximin..

Ambition of Galerius disappointed by two Revolutions.

274. Birth, Education, and Escape of Constantine......

306. Death of Constantius, and Elevation of Constantine.

He is acknowledged by Galerius, who gives him only the Title of

Cæsar, and that of Augustus to Severus..

The Brothers and Sisters of Constantine..

Discontent of the Romans at the Apprehension of Taxes.

Page

1

ib.

2

3

4

ib.

7

ib.

ib.

306. Maxentius declared Emperor at Rome.

9

Maximian re-assumes the Purple..

ib.

....

307. Defeat and Death of Severus....

ib.

Maximian gives his Daughter Fausta, and the Title of Augustus,

His Dominion shared between Maximin and Licinius..

306-312. Administration of Constantine in Gaul..........

Tyranny of Maxentius in Italy and Africa..........

312. Civil War between Constantine and Maxentius.

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