WI:Both Constantine and Maxentius die at Milvian Bridge

As we all know, Maxentius marched out at Rome to give battle against Constantine with a 2:1 advantage at a Pontoon Bridge where the Milvian bridge had been before Maxentius destroyed it. Constantine won and Maxentius drowned in the Tiber in his retreat.

So what if, as Maxentius orders the retreat across the bridge, a lucky arrow or javelin or spear or sword, finds its way into Constantine's body, and he does shortly after. Maxentius still drowns in the Tiber, and the battle is technically a victory for Constantine though he's not alive to enjoy it.

What happens next? Does Licinius patch up an agreement where he rules the west and maximinus Dia the east? Would Licinius finish off Maximinus Dia and rule the whole empire himself? Discuss!
 
Does Licinius patch up an agreement where he rules the west and maximinus Dia the east? Would Licinius finish off Maximinus Dia and rule the whole empire himself? Discuss!

First an agreement and a few years later Licinius defeats Maximinus Daia and Licinius becomes the sole leader of the Empire.
 
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After looking more into this, I think a Licinius victory is far from inevitable. OTL Maximinus Dia raced back east and gathered a huge army that more than doubled that of Licinius, and caught him completely flat footed.

Interestingly enough, he vowed to Jupiter to wipe CHristianity off the face of the Earth if he defeated Licinius. Why do I feel that if he defeated Licinius and Constantine, that he would turn his full attention on the Christians and start an outright genocide?
 
So, if both Constantine and Maxentius died, and Maximinus Daia with his bigger army defeated and killed Licinius, Christianity would be more or less wiped out and Paganism would be triumphant?
 
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So, if both Constantine and Maxentius died, and Maximinus Daia with his bigger army defeated and killed Licinius, Christianity would be more or less wiped out and Paganism would be triumphant?


Nar - just one more persecuton. No reason why it should be any more successful than Diocletian's had been.
 
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Nar - just one more persecuton. No reason why it should be any more successful than Diocletian's ahd been.
I agree it's not going to destroy Christianity, but Maximinus Dia seemed far more fervent in his hatred in Christianity, and I feel he'd enforce it much stricter-especially in the west, where Constantius had basically ignored the persecution the last time around.
 
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