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 | | After the death of Flavius Valerius Severus he was elevated to the rank of Augustus by Galerius, his former friend and companion in arms, on the 11th of November 307, receiving as his immediate command the provinces of Illyricum. |
 | | In 323 Constantine, tempted by the advanced age and unpopular vices of his colleague, again declared war against him, and, having defeated his army at Adrianople (3rd of July 323), succeeded in shutting him up within the waIls of Byzantium. |
 | | The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius by Flavius Julius Crispus, Constantines eldest son, compelled his withdrawal to Bithynia, where a last stand was made; the battle of Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon (18th of September), finally resulted in his submission. |
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