Meantime, Constantine, the son of Constantius, with
difficulty obtaining permission from Galerius, paid a visit to his father;
upon whose death, which followed soon after, Constantine came forward as a
Caesar, under the appointment of his father. Galerius submitted with a bad
grace; but Maxentius, a reputed son of Maximian, was roused by emulation
with Constantine to assume the purple; and being joined by his father,
they jointly attacked and destroyed Severus. Galerius, to revenge the
death of his own Caesar, advanced towards Rome; but being compelled to a
disastrous retreat, he resorted to the measure of associating another
emperor with himself, as a balance to his new enemies. This was Licinius;
and thus, at one time, there were six emperors, either as Augusti or as
Caesars. Galerius, however, dying, all the rest were in succession
destroyed by Constantine.] and the Oriental tone and standard established
by these two emperors, though disturbed a little by the plain and military
bearing of Julian, and one or two more emperors of the same breeding,
finally re-established itself with undisputed sway in the Byzantine court.
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