Maximus and Maximus's Battles

Maxentius did not presume to have himself proclaimed either augustus or caesar. He instead decided the least antagonistic course of action would be for him to wait for galerius, now unequivocally the senior emperor,. But whatever leaps of rationalization galerius had been able to make when he recognized constantine, he was unable to make for maxentius. Instead, galerius ordered severus to crush him. It was at this point that maximian, living a comfortable retirement down in southern italy, could contain himself no longer. With severus besieging rome and his old troops defecting to maxcentius, maximian could stay on the side lines no