Battle of the Milvian Bridge

When

29 Oct 312

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.94° N, 12.47° E

Description

4th-century battle for control of Rome

312 AD battle in the Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy

The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October AD 312. 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.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Milvian Bridge: Constantine defeats Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge, becoming the only Roman emperor in the West”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sieg Konstantins über Maxentius an der Milvischen Brücke”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Constantin sur Maxence, à la bataille du pont Milvius, aux abords de Rome”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва у Мильвийского моста: Константин I Великий победил Максенция и стал единственным Римским императором”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla del Puente Milvio: Constantino derrota finalmente a Majencio en su lucha por el Imperio romano”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “君士坦丁大帝在米爾維安大橋戰役擊敗馬克森提烏斯。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ミルウィウス橋の戦い、コンスタンティヌス1世がマクセンティウスを破り、西ローマ帝国の単独皇帝に”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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