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By 324 Constantine was ready to renew the conflict, and when his army, in pursuit of a raiding force of Visigoths, or possibly Sarmatians, crossed into Licinius' territory, an opportune casus belli was created. The reaction of Licinius to this incursion was overtly hostile, inducing Constantine to go on the offensive.
The siege of Byzantium was carried out some time between July and September 324 by the forces of the Roman emperor Constantine I (r. 306–337) during his Second Civil War against his rival, co-emperor Licinius (r. 308–324).
Constantine I [g] (Latin: Flavius Valerius Constantinus; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
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.
At first, Constantine encouraged the construction of new temples [78] and tolerated traditional sacrifices. [79] Later in his reign, he gave orders for the pillaging and the tearing down of Roman temples. [80] [81] [82] Constantine's role regarding Nicaea was that of supreme civil leader and authority in the empire.
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 ...
The civil wars of the Tetrarchy were a series of conflicts between the co-emperors of the Roman Empire, starting from 306 AD with the usurpation [1] of Maxentius and the defeat of Severus to the defeat of Licinius at the hands of Constantine I in 324 AD.
The Battle of the Hellespont, consisting of two separate naval clashes, was fought in 324 between a Constantinian fleet, led by the eldest son of Constantine I, Crispus; and a larger fleet under Licinius' admiral, Abantus (or Amandus). Despite being outnumbered, Crispus won a very complete victory.