…the combined forces then move on to…

…the combined forces then move on to Naissus in Pannonia.

On December 25, 350, both men mount a platform before the assembled troops; Constantius manages, by means of a strong speech, to have the soldiers acclaim him emperor.

He then takes the purple away from Vetranio, leads the old man down the stairs of the platform, calls him father, and escorts him to the dinner table. (Constantius will allow Vetranio to live as a private citizen at Prusa on the equivalent of a state pension for six years until his death.)