As the panegyrist of 289 declares to Maximian : " So it is that this great empire is a communal possession for both of you, without any discord, nor would we endure there to be any dispute between you, but plainly you hold the state in equal measure as once those two Heracleidae, the Spartan Kings, had done . " Legal rulings were given and imperial celebrations took place in both emperors'names, and the same coins were issued in both parts of the empire.
