Greetings all,
On this day we commemorate the Emperor Constantine's victory over
Licinius in the Baddle of Chrysopolis on September 18th in 324 AD with
the celebration of the Ludi Triumphales:
Licinius had
been defeated at the Battle of the Hellespoint, and retreated to
Chalcedon in Bithinia. Constantine's forces followed and attacked,
routing Licinius' forces. Licinius escaped and fled with 30,000 troops
to Nicomedia, but this defeat established Contantine's sole rule over
the Empire and the end of the Tetrarchy.
After this
event, today was the date of the Ludi Triumphales, public games
inaugurated by the Emperor Constantine to commemorate this event:
Today would have been marked with games in the Hippodrome and public feasting - celebrations continued until September 22nd.
-Marcus Cassius Julianus
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