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131- The New Game in Town

The History of Rome

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Maximian's Alliance With Maxentius

i hope everyone is ready to keep up with the rapid fire horse trading, alliance hopping and double crossing that is about to go in pursuit of the championship. Because i can tell you one thing for sure, constantine is you will recall from last week that as maccentius was preparing italy for the imminent invasion of galerius,. He managed to secure an alliance with constantine that would keep the newly minted caesar out of the fighting. I mentioned that the key to this alliance was a marriage to maxentus sister fosta. But i forgot to mention the other key part of the bargain with severus dead. The western augustus lot was open, and constantine

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