A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . er, the old troojDS of Maximianus, who composed his army, anddid not wish to fight against Maximianuss son, revolted. Severus wasblockaded in Ravenna by Maxentius and Maximianus (Fig. 105), whohad again appeared as Augustus, and was forced to surrender early 307. But a disagreement breaking out between Maximianus andhis son, in which the soldiers decidedly took the part of Maxentius,Maximianus fled to Constantine, whom he found in April on theRhine engaged in fighting the Germans, and sought to secu
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . er, the old troojDS of Maximianus, who composed his army, anddid not wish to fight against Maximianuss son, revolted. Severus wasblockaded in Ravenna by Maxentius and Maximianus (Fig. 105), whohad again appeared as Augustus, and was forced to surrender early 307. But a disagreement breaking out between Maximianus andhis son, in which the soldiers decidedly took the part of Maxentius,Maximianus fled to Constantine, whom he found in April on theRhine engaged in fighting the Germans, and sought to secure his co-operation. The wily Caesar readily accepted the rank of an Augustus,and took INIaximianuss daughter Fausta to wife ; but he went no further,not feeling strong enough, nor regarding it as advisable to mix in thepolitical conflicts of the other rulers. Meantime, in the summer 307, Galerius advanced with a strong force from Illyria againstRome, and Maxentius ordered Severus to be strangled; when Gale-rius, horrified to find that a part of his own army was untrustworthy,. 224 THE REIGN OF DIOCLETIAN. evacuated Italy in all haste. Diocletians recognized authority wasnow needed to restore order to the state. At a conference at Car-nuntum, in November, 307, between Diocletian, Galerius, andMaximianus, the distinguished general C. Flavins Valerius LicinianusLicinius was intrusted (November 11), as Augustus, with the gov-ernment of Pannonia and the Alpine countries. jNIaximinus andConstantine were at first to content themselves with the title of Sonsof Augustus. Maxentius was for the time ignored, and Maximianusagain laid down the purple. But the state was not at rest. In the ambitious Daia Maximinus, supported by his army, laid claimto the title of Augustus. Galerius, in his inability to subdue him,confirmed the title, and also gave it to Constantine, who was nowforced to break with his restless fath«r-in-law, Maximianus, as thelatter had in 309 set
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