What the records say
- When
- 18 Sep 324
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.02° N, 29.03° E
- Description
- battle
Battle of Chrysopolis
Part of the civil wars of the Tetrarchy (324 AD)
The Battle of Chrysopolis was fought on 18 September 324 between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius near Chrysopolis, opposite Byzantium on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus. The battle followed Constantine's victory at the Battle of the Hellespont, where his son Crispus destroyed the Licinian fleet.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Chrysopolis: Constantine I definitively defeats Licinius at Chrysopolis, and becomes sole Emperor, thus ending the period of the Tetrarchy”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hrisopolis Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kaiser Konstantin siegt in der Schlacht von Chrysopolis nahe Byzantium über Licinius und wird dadurch Alleinherrscher des Römischen Reichs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Las tropas imperiales, al mando de Crispo, derrotan a Licinio en la batalla naval de Crisópolis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد کریسوپولیس: کنستانتین اول لیسینیوس را در کریسوپولیس شکست داد و به عنوان تنها امپراتور منصوب شد و بدین ترتیب به دوره حکومت چهارگانه پایان داد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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