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25._o 11._o epiphi_n 25_o junii_fw-la b._n 24._o 12._o mesori_fw-la 25_o julii_n b._n 24._o 1._o epagomen_n 24_o augusti_n b._n 23._o 2._o epagomen_n 25_o augusti_n b._n 24._o 3._o epagomen_n 26_o augusti_n b._n 25._o 4._o epagomen_n 27_o augusti_n b._n 26._o 5._o epagomen_n 28_o augusti_n b._n 27._o 6._o epagomen_n init._fw-la anni_fw-la b._n 28._o aug._n chap._n xliv_o of_o the_o epocha_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a and_o the_o transaction_n under_o his_o reign_n 1._o constantine_n the_o great_a be_v immediate_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n constantius_n chlorus_n both_o by_o his_o testament_n and_o the_o approbation_n of_o the_o soldiery_n proclaim_v caesar_n m._n caesar_n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr vit._n const_n m._n eusebius_n 2._o constantius_n chlorus_n die_v on_o the_o 23_o do_v day_n of_o july_n when_o constantius_n caesar_n and_o maximianus_n jovius_n be_v both_o the_o 6_o time_n roman_a consul_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o 10_o indiction_n see_v chron._n alexandrinus_n idacius_n and_o 1._o and_o l._n 1._o c._n 1._o socrates_n 3._o the_o first_o year_n of_o constantine_n the_o great_a iâ—_n coincident_a with_o the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o 10_o persecution_n raise_v by_o dioclesian_n against_o the_o christian_n hieron_n in_o chron._n 4._o this_o persecution_n begin_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o antiochian_a aera_fw-la 351_o in_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o dioclesian_n when_o dioclesian_n augustus_n be_v the_o 8_o time_n and_o maximianus_n herculius_n the_o seven_o time_n roman_a consul_n see_v alex._n see_v chron._n alex._n eusebius_n 5._o the_o year_n in_o which_o the_o tyrant_n maxentius_n be_v vanquish_v be_v the_o 6_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o constantius_n chlorus_n and_o likewise_o of_o the_o reign_v of_o maxentius_n and_o constantine_n the_o great_a maxentius_n say_v the_o panegyrist_n speak_v to_o constantine_n the_o great_a have_v squander_v away_o whole_a six_o year_n in_o idleness_n make_v his_o birthday_n remarkable_a