Seeing that he was facing difficulties , Galerius made the first advances towards reconciliation . and dispatched two officers to tempt the Romans by the offer of a conference . Seeing that he was facing ever-greater difficulties , Galerius made the first advances towards reconciliation , and dispatched two officers to tempt the Romans by the offer of a conference , and the declaration of his paternal regard for Maxentius , reminding them that they would obtain much more from his willing generosity that anything that might have been obtained through a military campaign .