135- Brothers in Name Only

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2011

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Constantine and Licinius split up the Empire following the death of Maximinus Daia in 313. It did not take long for relations betweent the two Emperors to turn sour.

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0:59.0	Hello, and welcome to the history of Rome.
1:07.0	Episode 135. Brothers in Name Only.
1:14.0	Following the defeat and death of Maximina Staya in the summer of 313 AD,
1:18.0	the Roman Empire was backed down to two emperors for the first time in 20 years.
1:24.0	But unlike the previous partnership between Diocletian and Maximian,
1:28.0	the partnership between Constantine and Lycanius was not premised on cooperation and mutual respect,
1:34.0	so much as on hostility and mutual suspicion.
1:38.0	Their joint reign was not about working together to solve the problems of the Empire.
1:43.0	It was instead about putting themselves in the best position possible to take the other out as soon as an opportunity presented itself.
1:51.0	The two men resembled no one so much as Octavian and Antony.
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