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The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October AD 312. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber. Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Maxentius ...
The Milvian (or Mulvian) Bridge (Italian: Ponte Milvio or Ponte Molle; Latin: Pons Milvius or Pons Mulvius) is a bridge over the Tiber in northern Rome, Italy.It was an economically and strategically important bridge in the era of the Roman Empire and was the site of the famous Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312 AD, which led to the imperial rule of Constantine.
Galerius was forced to withdraw, plundering Italy on his way. Maxentius' reign over Italy and Africa was thus firmly established. Beginning in 307 already, he tried to arrange friendly contacts with Constantine, and in the summer of that year, Maximian travelled to Gaul , where Constantine married his daughter Fausta and was in turn appointed ...
In July of 315 he left the frontier in order to travel to Rome and celebrate his triumph for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. [59] 316–317 Conflict arose between Licinius and Constantine, [60] who defeated the former at Cibalae [61] and Mardia. [62] In the following peace agreement, Licinius was forced to cede Illyricum to Constantine. [4]
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge by Giulio Romano. It was expected that Maxentius would try the same strategy as against Severus and Galerius earlier; that is, remaining in the well-defended city of Rome, and sit out a siege which would cost his enemy much more.
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius in 312.; The Battle of the Milvian Bridge may also refer to: . The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Giulio Romano), a fresco in one of the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican