ИНЦИДЕНТОТ ВО ЕМОНА И ПРВИОТ ВОЕН СУДИР МЕЃУ КОНСТАНТИН И ЛИЦИНИЈ
THE EMONA INCIDENT AND THE FIRST WAR CONFLICT BETWEEN KONSTANTIN AND LICINIJ

Summary/Abstract: The background of the incident in Emona in 316—the demolition of the statues of Constantine—was a failed conspiracy attempt against him, orchestrated by his brother-in-law Bassianus, and particularly Bassian's brother Senicio, with Constantinus's co-ruler and brother-in-law Licinius in the background. The incident triggered a swift war in the autumn of 316 in which Constantine defeated Licinius in the Battle of Cibalae in Pannonia and occupied Western and the Eastern Illyricum, or approximately three-quarters of the BalkanDanubian provinces. Some hitherto seldom-considered medieval sources, such as the Vita Constantini (Codex Angelicus 22) and Leo Grammaticus, for instance, also highlight these events, with objects with propaganda writings (rings, silver vessels, helmets) in favor of one or the other emperor as evidence of the preparations for them. Constantine was unsuccessful later in the war in Thrace (Campus Ardiensis), so the territorial division remained the same as after the Battle of Cibalae. This division of the Balkans stayed the same in the administration of the state until the late 4th Century. The traces in the church settlement, however, appear as late as the Early Middle Ages.

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