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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Comments on the article for its progression : Lead doesn't fully reflect the breadth of the article. There in no reference section to which refer to when in doubt (External links don't count as references, see WP:REF). As his father became emperor in 285, he was regarded as crown prince who would once follow his father on the throne. He seems not to have served in any important military or administrative position during Diocletian's and his father's reign, though. isn't sourced so it could stand as POV material. maybe Diocletianus also thought that he was not qualified for the military duties of the imperial office, why? This set the precedent for Maxentius' accession later in the same year. what was set? Apparently the conspirators turned to Maximian as well, who had retired to a palace in Lucania, but he declined to resume power for the time being. is too pov for apparently should be founded on someone's assumption. The prose is good, it could be better but it would stand as a GA had it more references and a better lead. Make sure you seek advice from the peer review project, good article project and the featured article project. Lincher 14:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC) (edit)

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BTW, Guys, for information on Maxentius murdering babies, check out Norwich's 'Byzantium: The Early Centuries'. Atheists cannot compete with that.

I will add it in 2 days unless any can offer sources to contend with this.

Sorry, please do not. The source for that accusation is Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, in an account where he projects almost every known commonplace about tyrants and persecutors on Maxentius. Persecution of Christians and murder of many senators are also mentioned there, but obviously false charges. Considering that context and the extremely pro-Constantinian bias of Eusebius in general, I'd not cite that piece of Tyrannentopik as a reliable source. For Constantinian propaganda, Maxentius was the Enemy and a tyrant; tyrants were usually accused of superstition and magical practices (since they could not possibly be pious); and a standard commonplace about dark magical arts was the sacrifice of infants. That's the line of the argument - it's history rewritten by the victor.

If Norwich has it still in his book, he's simply borrowing from Eusebius. Norwich is not a primary source... Varana 13:44, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

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They just found one in Rome

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_on_re_eu/italy_emperor_insignia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.33.24.132 (talk • contribs) 07:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC).