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 | | It was the traditional duty of the emperor to maintain the pax deorum, and Constantine assumed that he had to win and retain for the empire the favour of God. |
 | | In 305 the two emperors, Diocletian and Maximian, resigned, to be succeeded by their respective deputy emperors, Galerius and Constantius. |
 | | From 337 to 350 Constans, sympathetic to the orthodox Christians, was emperor in the West, and Constantius II, sympathetic to the Arians, was emperor in the East. |
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