The Battle of the Milvian Bridge (1520–24) by Giulio Romano.
Date
28 October 312
Location
Ponte Milvio, Rome
Result
Constantinian victory
Belligerents
Constantinian forces
Maxentian forces
Commanders and leaders
Constantine the Great
Maxentius †
Units involved
Praetorian Guard
Strength
20,000–25,000[1]
25,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Heavy
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Battles of Constantine I
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
Segusio
Turin
Brescia
Verona
Milvian Bridge
Cibalae
Mardia
Adrianople
Hellespont
Byzantium
Chrysopolis
German and Sarmatian campaigns
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Fourth-century Roman civil wars
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
Segusio
Turin
Brescia
Verona
Milvian Bridge
Tzirallum
Cibalae
Mardia
Adrianople
Hellespont
Byzantium
Chrysopolis
350–353
Mursa Major
Mons Seleucus
Jewish revolt
Late period
Thyatira
Save
Frigidus
Gildonic War
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October 312 AD. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber. Constantine won the battle and started on the path that led him to end the Tetrarchy and become the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber during the battle; his body was later taken from the river and decapitated, and his head was paraded through the streets of Rome on the day following the battle before being taken to Africa.[2]
According to Christian chroniclers Eusebius of Caesarea and Lactantius, the battle marked the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity. Eusebius of Caesarea recounts that Constantine and his soldiers had a vision sent by the Christian God. This was interpreted as a promise of victory if the sign of the Chi Rho, the first two letters of Christ's name in Greek, was painted on the soldiers' shields. The Arch of Constantine, erected in celebration of the victory, certainly attributes Constantine's success to divine intervention; however, the monument does not display any overtly Christian symbolism.
^ abCowen, p. 77
^Kristensen, Troels Myrup. "Maxentius' Head and the Rituals of Civil War". p. 326. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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