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The Battle of the Hellespont, AD 324 The last great naval battle of antiquity An overwhelming victory for Constantine which: (a) shattered Licinius’s naval power (b) gave Constantine control of the Dardanelles, the Hellespont, the Bosphorus and the city of Byzantium (b) allowed Constantine to win the final land engagement (c) made Constantine sole emperor of the Roman Empire (d) allowed Constantine to found Constantinople Both sides used ad hoc fleets. The empire no longer had standing fleets. They were let waste away or were deemed too expensive with military spending focused on several large mobile armies.
The Battle of the Hellespont, AD 324 Zosimus a 5th century AD historian in his New History tells us that: Licinius, hearing of the great preparations of Constantine, sent messengers to every nation, commanding them to prepare a sufficient number of men for the navy, besides horse and foot soldiers. The Egyptians therefore sent out eighty galleys, the Phoenicians an equal number, the Ionians and Dorians of Asia sixty, the Cyprians thirty, the Carians twenty, the Bithynians thirty, and the Africans fifty. Constantine I Licinius and his son
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<strong>The</strong> Battle of the Hellespont, AD 324<br />
<strong>The</strong> last great naval battle of antiquity<br />
An overwhelming victory for Constantine which:<br />
(a) shattered Licinius’s naval power<br />
(b) gave Constantine control of the Dardanelles, the<br />
Hellespont, the Bosphorus <strong>and</strong> the city of Byzantium<br />
(b) allowed Constantine to win the final l<strong>and</strong> engagement<br />
(c) made Constantine sole emperor of the <strong>Roman</strong> Empire<br />
(d) allowed Constantine to found Constantinople<br />
Both sides used ad hoc fleets. <strong>The</strong> empire no longer had<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ing fleets. <strong>The</strong>y were let waste away or were deemed<br />
too expensive with military spending focused on several<br />
large mobile armies.
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