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ID: 901000914
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000914
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Roman history, 312 CE)

Note: Battle at a bridge over the Tiber, between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius. Constantine won the battle and eventually became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Maxentius drowned in the Tiber.

Display Date: 28 October 312

Names:
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Roman history, 312 CE) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Named Events (P)
....<Ancient history (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, other western)> (P)
........Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Roman history, 312 CE) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... battle
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
protagonist is .... Constantine I (Roman emperor, 285-337 CE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
protagonist is .... Maxentius, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, ca. 278-312 CE)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Roman history, 312 CE)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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