After AD 391 the new Donatist Bishop of Carthage, Primianus was opposed by many clerics, among them Maximianus, who was ordained a new bishop. The Donatist Council of Bagai (AD 394) took the side of Primanus, and excommunicated Maximianus and his followers, among them Felicianus, the Donatist Bishop of Mustis. The supporters of Primianus resorted also to civil courts, as shown here.