Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Licinius

Battles of Licinius

Roman emperor from 308 to 324, AD 263 to AD 325

Licinius is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 313 and AD 324: 3 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Bulgaria (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 675 km apart end to end, 225 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy (2).

Battle of TzirallumBattle of MardiaSiege of ByzantiumBattle of Adrianople (324)Battle of TzirallumBattle of MardiaSiege of ByzantiumBattle of Adrianople (324)BursaAdapazarıBurgasİzmitStara ZagoraTekirdağÇanakkaleKhaskovoXanthiPlovdiv200 km41.474N, 27.442E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 313: 1 engagementsAD 316: 1 engagementsAD 324: 2 engagements2 in AD 324AD 313AD 324
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tzirallum, AD 313Battle of Mardia, AD 316Siege of Byzantium, AD 324Battle of Adrianople (324), AD 324AD 313AD 324
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
30 April AD 313Battle of TzirallumÇorlu, TurkeyLicinius victory
AD 316Battle of MardiaHarmanli, Bulgaria181 km NWConstantinian victory
AD 324Siege of ByzantiumByzantium, Turkey277 km EConstantinian victory
3 July AD 324Battle of Adrianople (324)Edirne, Turkey218 km WConstantinian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, https://www.flickr.com/photos/annedavid2012/, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.