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<p>[QUOTE="bcuda, post: 5533478, member: 105389"]I am not sure as I do not know enough history on Licinius so I had just looked up some info on Wikipedia for a write up. I know not everything found on the internet is correct so I stand corrected. This is what wikipedia said:</p><p><br /></p><p>* In 314, a civil war erupted between Licinius and Constantine the situation was temporarily settled.</p><p><br /></p><p>* The next year a new war erupted, when Licinius named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens" rel="nofollow">Valerius Valens</a> co-emperor, only for Licinius to suffer a humiliating defeat on the plain of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mardia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mardia" rel="nofollow">Mardia</a> (also known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Campus_Ardiensis&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Campus_Ardiensis&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Campus Ardiensis</a>) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" rel="nofollow">Thrace</a>. The emperors were reconciled after these two battles and Licinius had his co-emperor Valens killed.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Over the next ten years, the two imperial colleagues maintained an uneasy truce. Licinius kept himself busy with a campaign against the Sarmatians in 318, but temperatures rose again in 321 when Constantine pursued some Sarmatians, who had been ravaging some territory in his realm, across the Danube into what was technically Licinius's territory. When he repeated this with another invasion, this time by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths" rel="nofollow">Goths</a> who were pillaging <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace" rel="nofollow">Thrace</a> under their leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rausimod" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rausimod" rel="nofollow">Rausimod</a>, Licinius complained that Constantine had broken the treaty between them. Constantine wasted no time going on the offensive. Licinius's fleet of 350 ships was defeated by Constantine's fleet in 323.</p><p><br /></p><p>* Then in 324, Constantine, tempted by the "advanced age and unpopular vices" of his colleague, again declared war against him and having defeated his army of 165,000 men at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_(324)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_(324)" rel="nofollow">Battle of Adrianople</a> (3 July 324), succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium" rel="nofollow">Byzantium</a>. The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hellespont" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hellespont" rel="nofollow">Battle of the Hellespont</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus" rel="nofollow">Crispus</a>, Constantine's eldest son and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title)" rel="nofollow">Caesar</a>, compelled his withdrawal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia" rel="nofollow">Bithynia</a>, where a last stand was made; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chrysopolis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chrysopolis" rel="nofollow">Battle of Chrysopolis</a>, near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedon" rel="nofollow">Chalcedon</a> (18 September), resulted in Licinius' final submission.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bcuda, post: 5533478, member: 105389"]I am not sure as I do not know enough history on Licinius so I had just looked up some info on Wikipedia for a write up. I know not everything found on the internet is correct so I stand corrected. This is what wikipedia said: * In 314, a civil war erupted between Licinius and Constantine the situation was temporarily settled. * The next year a new war erupted, when Licinius named [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerius_Valens']Valerius Valens[/URL] co-emperor, only for Licinius to suffer a humiliating defeat on the plain of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mardia']Mardia[/URL] (also known as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Campus_Ardiensis&action=edit&redlink=1']Campus Ardiensis[/URL]) in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace']Thrace[/URL]. The emperors were reconciled after these two battles and Licinius had his co-emperor Valens killed. * Over the next ten years, the two imperial colleagues maintained an uneasy truce. Licinius kept himself busy with a campaign against the Sarmatians in 318, but temperatures rose again in 321 when Constantine pursued some Sarmatians, who had been ravaging some territory in his realm, across the Danube into what was technically Licinius's territory. When he repeated this with another invasion, this time by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths']Goths[/URL] who were pillaging [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrace']Thrace[/URL] under their leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rausimod']Rausimod[/URL], Licinius complained that Constantine had broken the treaty between them. Constantine wasted no time going on the offensive. Licinius's fleet of 350 ships was defeated by Constantine's fleet in 323. * Then in 324, Constantine, tempted by the "advanced age and unpopular vices" of his colleague, again declared war against him and having defeated his army of 165,000 men at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_(324)']Battle of Adrianople[/URL] (3 July 324), succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantium']Byzantium[/URL]. The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hellespont']Battle of the Hellespont[/URL] by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus']Crispus[/URL], Constantine's eldest son and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title)']Caesar[/URL], compelled his withdrawal to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bithynia']Bithynia[/URL], where a last stand was made; the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chrysopolis']Battle of Chrysopolis[/URL], near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedon']Chalcedon[/URL] (18 September), resulted in Licinius' final submission.[/QUOTE]
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