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himself_o in_o despair_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n galerius_n fear_v maxentius_n at_o rome_n and_o be_v jealous_a of_o constantine_n in_o gaul_n dedeclare_v licinius_n augustus_n and_o make_v he_o his_o partner_n in_o the_o empire_n oxon._n lact._n de_fw-fr mort._n persec_n 32._o ed._n oxon._n upon_o this_o maximin_n grow_v discontent_v which_o force_v he_o at_o last_o to_o declare_v he_o emperor_n and_o constantine_n too_o after_o this_o he_o be_v strike_v with_o a_o loathsome_a disease_n of_o which_o he_o die_v and_o about_o two_o year_n after_o he_o maximinus_n die_v at_o 49._o at_o aurel._n victor_n lactant._n say_v he_o poison_v himself_o de_fw-la mort._n pers_n 49._o tarsus_n whether_o he_o flee_v from_o licinius_n who_o pursue_v he_o after_o he_o have_v rout_v his_o force_n in_o illyrium_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n constantine_n be_v 27._o be_v pomp._n l._n euseb_n de_fw-fr vit._n const_n l._n c._n 26_o 27._o invite_v by_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n provoke_v and_o encourage_v by_o the_o cedren_n the_o euseb_n ibid._n c._n 28._o zonar_n l._n 3._o in_o const_n cedren_n heavenly_a vision_n go_v against_o maxentius_n who_o he_o overthrow_v near_o rome_n in_o a_o pitch_a battle_n maxentius_n see_v his_o force_n rout_v strive_v to_o escape_v but_o as_o he_o pass_v over_o the_o river_n tiber_n on_o a_o timber-bridge_n which_o 44._o which_o zosim_fw-la l._n 2._o lactant_fw-la say_v that_o the_o bridge_n be_v pons_n milvius_n and_o that_o it_o be_v cut_v in_o two_o by_o treachery_n de_fw-fr mort._n pers_n 44._o break_v under_o he_o he_o fall_v in_o and_o be_v drown_v there_o be_v now_o of_o all_o these_o augustus'es_n for_o dioclesian_n die_v in_o his_o retirement_n in_o dalmatia_n only_a constantine_n and_o licinius_n to_o who_o constantine_n give_v his_o sister_n constantia_n in_o marriage_n but_o they_o continue_v not_o long_o in_o friendship_n before_o they_o fall_v into_o civil_a war_n in_o which_o after_o a_o draw_v battle_n in_o thrace_n peace_n be_v make_v and_o confirm_v with_o oath_n on_o both_o side_n but_o soon_o after_o break_v by_o the_o provocation_n of_o licinius_n who_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o last_o extremity_n surrender_v himself_o and_o his_o purple_n to_o constantine_n only_o upon_o condition_n of_o life_n confirm_v by_o the_o 10._o the_o zosim_fw-la l._n 2._o eutrop_n l._n 10._o oath_n of_o constantine_n to_o his_o sister_n constantia_n but_o be_v send_v to_o thessalonica_n and_o not_o be_v able_a to_o abstain_v from_o 7._o from_o opinio_fw-la fuit_fw-la immorantem_fw-la thessalonicae_fw-la licinium_n imisse_fw-la consilium_fw-la de_fw-la resumendis_fw-la armis_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la missos_fw-la interfectores_fw-la pomp._n laet._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d credenus_fw-la euseb_n de_fw-fr vit._n const_n l._n 2._o c._n 43._o theod._n l._n 1._o c._n 7._o new_a attempt_n constantine_n order_v he_o to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n now_o constantine_n be_v sole_a emperor_n and_o make_v his_o three_o son_n caesar_n constantine_n in_o the_o ten_o 40._o euseb_n de_fw-fr vit._n const_n l_o 4._o c._n 40._o constantius_n in_o the_o 20_o &_o constans_n in_o the_o 30_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n among_o who_o not_o at_o his_o death_n as_o 5._o as_o ch._n 1._o p._n 5._o our_o author_n fraudulent_o say_v but_o vale_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr const_n c._n 60._o edit_fw-la vale_n sometime_o before_o he_o divide_v the_o empire_n like_o or_o as_o it_o be_v a_o paternal_a inheritance_n after_o his_o death_n and_o funeral_n the_o tribune_n of_o the_o army_n dispatch_v away_o man_n that_o have_v be_v remarkable_a for_o their_o love_n and_o fidelity_n to_o constantine_n unto_o the_o caesar_n to_o give_v they_o notice_n of_o what_o have_v happen_v and_o the_o army_n every_o where_o as_o soon_o as_o they_o hear_v of_o the_o emperor_n death_n do_v as_o it_o be_v by_o divine_a inspiration_n as_o unanimous_o consent_v to_o acknowledge_v and_o admit_v none_o for_o emperor_n but_o 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