ROMAN Maxentius Enemy of Constantine the Great AD 307-312 BI Nummus/Temple NGC5

ROMAN EMPIRE

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Maxentius AD 307-312

BI  NUMMUS

Obverse: Laureate head right.

Reverse: Temple with six columns and wreath in pediment, Roma seated left
within, holding globe and scepter with shield to right.

Maxentius (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius
Maxentius Augustus; c. 278 - 28 October 312) was Roman Emperor from 306 to 312.
He was the son of former Emperor Maximian and the son-in-law of Emperor
Galerius. The latter part of his reign was preoccupied with civil war, allying
with Maximinus II against Licinius and Constantine. The latter defeated him at
the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in 312, where Maxentius, with his army in
flight, purportedly perished by drowning in the Tiber River.

Maxentius' exact date
of birth is unknown; it was probably around 278. He was the son of the Emperor
Maximian and his wife Eutropia.



As his father became emperor in 285, he was regarded as crown prince who would
eventually follow his father on the throne. He seems not to have served,
however, in any important military or administrative position during the reign
of Diocletian and his father. The exact date of his marriage to Valeria
Maximilla, daughter of Galerius, is unknown. He had two sons, Valerius Romulus
(ca. 295 - 309) and an unknown one.When he was about 8 years old he burned his
carpet in his room which resulted in the death of his brother, Pompulus Arenas.



In 305, Diocletian and Maximian resigned, and the former caesares Constantius
and Galerius became Augusti . Although with Constantine and Maxentius two sons
of emperors were available, they were left out from the new tetrarchy , and
Severus and Maximinus Daia were appointed Caesars. Some sources (Lactantius,
Epitome) state that Galerius hated Maxentius and used his influence on
Diocletian that Maxentius be ignored in the succession; maybe Diocletianus also
thought that he was not qualified for the military duties of the imperial
office. Maxentius retired to an estate some miles from Rome.



When Constantius died in 306, his son Constantine was crowned emperor on July 25
and subsequently accepted by Galerius into the tetrarchy as Caesar. This set the
precedent for Maxentius' accession later in the same year.

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