CLST 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Valerius Severus, Galerius, Ponte Milvio
14 May 2015
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Diocletian and maximian retired in 305: galerius and constantius chlorus now augusti, flavius severus and licinius now caesares, other interested parties: Proclaimed new augustus when constantius chorus died: galerius, the legitimate augustus, promotes one of the junior. Doesn"t want to deal with an army proclaiming an emperor declares constantine caesar. Gets upset after constantine is declared caesar. 3rd century: rome has great symbolic significance as the traditional center of the empire. When maxentius goes to rome and sets himself up as. Emperor he is tying in to hundreds of years of tradition for the city. Rome is everything what he is basing his whole claim on. Issues coins showing him as a typical tetrarchic emperor in appearance: other side shows maxentius being handed a globe by a figure. Globe represents the civilized world he is being handed the world. Above him is a wolf with two twins.
