translate English to German: Owing to his vices and incapacity he was left out of account in the division of the empire which took place in 305. A variety of causes, however, had produced strong dissatisfaction at Rome with many of the arrangements established by Diocletian , and on October 28 , 306 , the public discontent expressed itself in the massacre of those magistrates who remained loyal to Flavius Valerius Severus and in the election of Maxentius to the imperial dignity.
Er lud seinen Vater, der 305 die Herrschaft niedergelegt hatte, zur Teilnahme an der selben ein, entzweite sich aber mit ihm, so dass derselbe nach Gallien floh, wo er 310 wegen eines Aufstandsversuchs getötet wurde.