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Maximian (Latin:
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximi****; c. 250 – c. July 310),
nicknamed Herculius, was
Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was
Caesar from...
- and
appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus, co-emperor, in 286.
Diocletian reigned in the
Eastern Empire, and
Maximian reigned in the
Western Empire...
- caesares.
Initially Diocletian chose Maximian as his
caesar in 285,
raising him to co-augustus the
following year;
Maximian was to
govern the
western provinces...
- Constantine's mother, to
marry a
daughter of
Emperor Maximian, and in 293 was
added to the
imperial college by
Maximian's colleague Diocletian. ****igned to rule Gaul...
- The
Throne of
Maximian (or Maximi****) is a
cathedra (episcopal throne) that was made for
Archbishop Maximi**** of
Ravenna and is now on
display at the...
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Maximian was a 4th-century
Bishop of
Carthage and
founder of a
splinter group that left Donatism.
Maximian was a
relative of
Donatus of
Casae Nigrae and...
- acclamations.
Sometimes called "
Maximian II" ,
since ancient sources often call him "Galerius Maximi****".
Emperor Maximian apparently never issued any coinage...
- empire. In 288,
Maximian appointed Constantius to
serve as his
praetorian prefect in Gaul.
Constantius left
Helena to
marry Maximian's stepdaughter Theodora...
- (the
Sequence of
Saint Eulalia mentions his co-emperor the "pagan king"
Maximian).
There is some
dispute as to
whether she is the same
person as Eulalia...
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legitimate emperor by his
fellow emperors. He was the son of
former Emperor Maximian and the son-in-law of
Emperor Galerius. The
latter part of his
reign was...
