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Of Idols and Temples
On 28 October 312, history was forever changed at the Milvian bridge. Two young Emperor's, Maxentius, and Constantine, battled for the future of Rome. Constantine tried to win the battle using deciet, like a snake, but his trap was suspected. The tried to Trap Maxentius by using the Milvian bridge to collapse his troops, but when that was informed to maxentius by an engineer within his entourage, he used patience and starved Constantine's forces into submission. Soon, starving and disgruntled, his own soldiers mutinied and presented Constantine's severed head to the new Emperor, Maxentius.

The Purge
Christians were then seen as a threat, and a purge began to occur. Lavish rewards were offered by the Emperor for all who killed proven Christians, with dishonesty punishable by death. Soon, the Christians were fleeing Rome, finding sanctuary in Persia, Aksum, and Nubia.

War with Licinius
Constantine's colleuge, Lincinius began preparing a revolt against Maxentius, seen as a Tyrant. Some 30,000 legionaries marched to capture Rome, however Maxentius assembled a full army of 50,000 soldiers to defeat the pretender to the throne. Lincinius boosted his number by hiring Gothic mercenaries, resulting in a total Army of some 45,000. Lincinius then rallied his troops for battle, but Maxentius's troops taunted the goths, very insultly, and the angry mercenaries charged without Lincinius's permission. Not wanting to waste his men and hurt morale, Lincinius aided the Goths, but it was a trap by Maxentius and his army annihalated. Yet, Lincinius fled and began preparing defenses for Milan. Maxentius approached the city and offered all who wanted their lifes spared to go outside. Some sensed the impending doom and tried to escape, however only a few were not killed on their way out. The "Milani" loyalists then revolted, while the resistence fled to the inner walls. The loyalists joined Maxentius's warriors, and the resistance city center was leveled, and the loyalists were rewarded control over the city. Lincinius could not be identified.

Maxentium

Maxentius, indeed a greedy ruler, saw how the west was not working, and needed more efficient trading routes to make money. Different "Maxentiums" were built. In Egypt, Syria, Byzantium, Africa, and Palestine these cities were built. The richest of which was the city in Southern Palestine, which connected Asia, Africa, and Europe, and became the future seat of rome.

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