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	Increase of Taxes	384
	Abdication of Diocletian and Maximian	385
	Resemblance to Charles V.	385
304	Long Illness of Diocletian	386
	His Prudence	386
	Compliance of Maximian	387
	Retirement of Diocletian at Salona	387
	His Philosophy	388
313	His Death	389
	Description of Salona and the adjacent Country	389
	Of Diocletian's Palace	390
	Decline of the Arts	391
	—————of Letters	391
	The new Platonists	392

CHAPTER XIV

Troubles after the abdication of Diocletian—Death of Constantius—Elevation of Constantine and Maxentius—Six Emperors at the same time—Death of Maximian and Galerius—Victories of Constantine over Maxentius and Licinius—Reunion of the Empire under the Authority of Constantine

A.D.		PAGE
305-323	Period of Civil Wars and Confusion	394
	Character and Situation of Constantius	394
	Of Galerius	395
	The two Cæsars, Severus and Maximin	395
	Ambition of Galerius disappointed by two Revolutions	397
274	Birth, Education, and Escape of Constantine	397
306	Death of Constantius and Elevation of Constantine	399
	He is acknowledged by Galerius, who gives him only the Cæsar, and that of Augustus to Severus	400
	The Brothers and Sisters of Constantine	400
	Discontent of the Romans at the Apprehension of Taxes	401
306	Maxentius declared Emperor at Rome	402
	Maximian reassumes the Purple	403
397	Defeat and Death of Severus	403
	Maximian gives his daughter Fausta, and the Title of Augustus to Constantine	404
	Galerius invades Italy	405
	His Retreat	407
307	Elevation of Licinius to the Rank of Augustus	407
	Elevation of Maximin	408
308	Six Emperors	408
	Misfortunes of Maximian	408
310	His Death	410
[311]	Death of Galerius	410
	His Dominion shared between Maximin and Licinius	411
306-312	Administration of Constantine in Gaul	412
	Tyranny of Maxentius in Italy and Africa	412
312	Civil War between Constantine and Maxentius	414
	Preparations	415
	Constantine passes the Alps	417