Constantine routed Maxentius at Saxa Rubra and chased him back to the Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Maxentius's pontoon bridge collapsed when engineers pulled the bolts too early; the panicked army was crushed or thrown off the old Milvian Bridge. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber. Brownworth calls this 'a watershed moment in history,' marking the beginning of Constantine's active protection of Christianity.
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Constantine routed Maxentius at Saxa Rubra and chased him back to the Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Maxentius's pontoon bridge collapsed when engineers pulled the bolts too early; the panicked army was crushed or thrown off the old Milvian Bridge. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber. Brownworth calls this 'a watershed moment in history,' marking the beginning of Constantine's active protection of Christianity.
“especially during a long siege, he decided to risk everything in a decisive battle.”
“The Battle of the Milvian Bridge left Constantine in supreme control of the West, but more”
“Constantine soundly defeated him in a decisive battle on the banks of the Bosphorus, and,”
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