See also:

• GALERIUS [GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS]

GALERIUS [GALERIUS See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

VALERIUS See also:

• MAXIMIANUS
• MAXIMIANUS, MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS

MAXIMIANUS]  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor from A.D . 305 to 311, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• SARDICA, COUNCIL OF

Sardica in See also:

• THRACE

Thrace . He originally followed his See also:

• FATHER

father's occupation, that of a herds-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, whence his surname of Armentarius (See also:

• LAT

Lat. armentum, See also:

• HERD (a word common to Teutonic languages; the O. Eng. form was heord; cf. Ger. Herde, Swed. and Dan. hjord; the Sans. ca'rdhas, which shows the pre-Teutonic form, means a troop)

herd) . He served with distinction as a soldier under See also:

• AURELIAN [Lucius DoMITIus AURELIANUS]

Aurelian and See also:

• PROBUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• PROBUS, MARCUS VALERIUS

Probus, and in 293 was designated See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar along with See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius Chlorus, receiving in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian's daughter See also:

• VALERIA, VIA

Valeria, and at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time being entrusted with the care of the Illyrian provinces . In 296, at the beginning of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, he was removed from the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube to the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates; his first See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign ended in a crushing defeat, near Callinicum, but in 297, advancing through the mountains of See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, he gained a decisive victory over See also:

• NARSES (c. 478—573)
• NARSES, NARSEH, NARSEUS

Narses (q.v.) and compelled him to make See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . In 305, on the See also:

• ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication of Diocletian and See also:

• MAXIMIANUS
• MAXIMIANUS, MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS

Maximianus, See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat once assumed the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, with Constantius his former colleague, and having procured the promotion to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of Caesar of Flavius See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus, a faithful servant, and Daia (Maximinus), his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, he hoped on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Constantius to become See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the Roman See also:

• WORLD

world . This See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme, however, was defeated by the sudden See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine at Eboracum (See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York) on the death of his father, and by the See also:

• ACTION

action of Maximianus and See also:

• MAXENTIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS VALERIUS

Maxentius in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . After an unsuccessful invasion of Italy in 307 he elevated his friend See also:

• LICINIUS

Licinius to the rank of Augustus, and, moderating his ambition, devoted the few remaining years of his See also:

• LIFE

life " to the enjoyment of See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure and to the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of some See also:

• WORKS

works of public utility." It was at the instance of See also:

• GALERIUS [GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS]

Galerius that the first of the celebrated edicts of persecution against the Christians was published, on the 24th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 303, and this policy of repression was maintained by him until the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• EDICT (Lat. edictum, from e, out, and dicere, to say, speak)

edict of See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

toleration (311), issued in his own name and in those of Licinius and Constantine . He died in May 311 A.U . See See also:

• ZOSIMUS

Zosimus ii . 8-II; See also:

• ZONARAS, JOANNES (JOHN)

Zonaras xii . 31-34; See also:

• EUTROPIUS

Eutropius ix .

24, x . I .