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Licinius's fleet of 350 ships was defeated by Constantine's fleet in 323. Then in 324, Constantine, tempted by the "advanced age and unpopular vices" [7] [5] of his colleague, again declared war against him and having defeated his army of 165,000 men [15] at the Battle of Adrianople (3 July 324), succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of ...
A coin of Constantine (c. 337) showing a depiction of his Labarum standard spearing a serpent. Licinius and his son, depicted with haloes, on a gold coin. The Battle of Chrysopolis was fought on 18 September 324 at Chrysopolis (modern Üsküdar), near Chalcedon (modern Kadıköy), between the two Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius.
A year later, Constantine's nephew, the younger Licinius II, also fell victim to the emperor's anger or suspicions. He was executed in 326 and his name was expunged from official inscriptions. [14] [15] Constantine became the first man to be master of the entire Roman world since the elevation of Maximian as co-emperor by Diocletian in 286. [16]
Constantine marched against Licinius, and the two fought against one another in the war of Cibalae, with Constantine being victorious. They clashed again in the Battle of Campus Ardiensis in 317, and agreed to a settlement in which Constantine's sons Crispus and Constantine II, and Licinius' son Licinianus were made caesars. [106] [107]
The Battle of Cibalae was fought in 316 [4] between the two Roman emperors Constantine I (r. 306–337) and Licinius (r. 308–324).The site of the battle, near the town of Cibalae (now Vinkovci, Croatia) in the Roman province of Pannonia Secunda, was approximately 350 kilometers within the territory of Licinius.
Licinius and Martinian surrendered to Constantine at Nicomedia on the promise their lives would be spared: they were sent to live as private citizens in Thessalonica and Cappadocia respectively, but in 325 Constantine accused Licinius of plotting against him and had them both arrested and hanged; Licinius' son (the son of Constantine's half ...
Constantine had defeated Licinius in a previous war eight years earlier at the Battles of Cibalae and Campus Mardiensis.Peace was quickly arranged after this, in which Constantine conquered all of the Balkan Peninsula, with the exception of Thrace, [1] and placed himself in a superior position to Licinius, leaving an unstable relationship between them.
Since Licinius composed the edict with the intent of publishing it in the east [20] upon his hoped-for victory over Maximinus, it expresses the religious policy accepted by Licinius, a pagan, rather than that of Constantine, [20] who was already a Christian. Constantine's own policy went beyond merely tolerating Christianity.