Editing Battle of the Milvian Bridge (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Milviske-Bro-4.jpg|thumb|The [[Ponte Milvio|Milvian Bridge]]]]
Constantine entered Rome on 29 October.<ref name="Odahl, 108">Odahl, 108.</ref> He staged a grand arrival ceremony in the city (''[[Adventus (ceremony)|adventus]])'', and was met with popular jubilation.<ref>Odahl, 110.</ref> Maxentius' body was fished out of the Tiber and decapitated. His head was paraded through the streets for all to see.<ref name="Odahl, 108"/> After the ceremonies, Maxentius' head was sent to [[Carthage]] as proof of his downfall; Africa then offered no further resistance. The battle gave Constantine undisputed control of the western half of the Roman Empire. The descriptions of Constantine's entry into Rome omit mention of him ending his procession at the temple of Capitoline Jupiter, where sacrifice was usually offered. Though often employed to show Constantine's Christian sensibilities, this silence cannot be taken as proof that Constantine was a Christian at this point.<ref>Stephenson, 146.</ref> He chose to honour the [[Roman Senate|Senatorial]] [[Curia Julia|Curia]] with a visit,<ref name="Odahl, 109">Odahl, 109.</ref> where he promised to restore its ancestral privileges and give it a secure role in his reformed government: there would be no revenge against Maxentius' supporters.<ref name="Odahl, 109"/> Maxentius was condemned to ''[[damnatio memoriae]]''; all his legislation was invalidated and Constantine usurped all of Maxentius' considerable building projects within Rome, including the [[Santi Cosma e Damiano, Rome#History|Temple of Romulus]] and the [[Basilica of Maxentius]]. Maxentius' strongest supporters in the military were neutralized when the [[Praetorian Guard]] and Imperial Horse Guard (''equites singulares'') were disbanded.<ref name="Odahl, 109"/> Constantine is thought to have replaced the former imperial guards with a number of cavalry units termed the ''[[Scholae Palatinae]]''.