HIST 1061 Lecture 38: Constantine the Great
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Diocletian and maxmian retire from their augustus positions. Constantius i had a massive private army under his thumb. However, he died in battle causing a rift in the tetrarchy similar to the triumvirate system in the late republic. Flavius severus his caesar and is appointed to. Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396), co(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tius" p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ate a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted co(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tius" so(cid:374) co(cid:374)sta(cid:374)ti(cid:374)e to (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e emperor. The army is still loyal to constantine even though flavius is technically the emperor thereby eliminating flavius from the picture. Maximinius all of a sudden thinks he has control over the west while at the same time a 3rd. Maxentius secedes and has his own following thinking he had control of the empire. Galerius has full control over the east but the west is being hotly contested for power. Constantine at the time worshipped the sol invictus or the sun god. Constantine will eventually convert all of rome into a christian empire which changed the entire face of the earth today.
