Aurelius Victor: In Rome, the plebs and the praetorians confirm Maxentius as emperor despite his father Herculius's long opposition.; Zosimus…
In Rome, the plebs and the praetorians confirm Maxentius as emperor despite his father Herculius's long opposition.
Interim Romae vulgus turmaeque praetoriae Maxentium retractante diu patre Herculio imperatorem confirmant.
Location: Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.5
Maxentius is proclaimed emperor with the help of two military tribunes, the pork-ration official Lucianus, and the praetorians, and first kills the opposing city prefect Abellius.
By them he was promoted to the imperial throne, having promised liberally to reward all that assisted him in it.
Location: Zos. 2 (1814 영역) p.40
Place: Rome
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