Chapter 44 - The Peace of Predators

The years that followed the fall of Maximinus Daia were a period of tense, watchful peace across the Roman world. Two suns now occupied the sky, one in the West and one in the East. In Trier, Constantine used this peace to forge his domain into a sword. The gold of Hispania and Africa flowed into his treasury, and from there into the pockets of his soldiers and the workshops of his armories. His legions, no longer fighting Gauls or Franks, now drilled in massive, mock battles, practicing the complex maneuvers he devised, their discipline and cohesion becoming legendary.