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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, 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, and in 293 was designated See also:

Caesar along with See also:

CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius Chlorus, receiving in See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage See also:

Diocletian's daughter See also:

VALERIA, VIA

Valeria, and at the same See also:

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

Persian See also:

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

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 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 Valerius See also:

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) 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. 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 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 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

24, x. I.

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