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on 28 September 351. The fighting involved 95,000 troops and left 55,000 casualties in one of the bloodiest battles in Roman history. Magnentius lost and fled to northern Italy, while Constantius slowly regained control of Africa, Spain, and southern Italy. Magnentius decided to retreat into Gaul,
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Constantius marched westward to avenge the murder of his brother. Magnentius decided to invade Illyricum, and initially his army performed very well. The situation changed dramatically when his troops encountered Constantius'
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called Magnentius as the new western emperor, bringing him into conflict with Constantius, the sole remaining son of Constantine I.
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and committed suicide with his sword on 11 August 353. Constantius had Magnentius' followers and supporters investigated,
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minted just after the civil war; the text reads "Glory of the Republic."
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Kohn, George Childs, 'Dictionary of Wars, Revised Edition', pg 399
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which overthrew and killed him in 350 AD. The soldiers elevated a
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was divided between his three sons from his marriage to
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Roman civil wars

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