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LICINIUS [FLAVIUS See also:GALERIUS See also:VALERIUS LICINIANUSI, See also:Roman See also:emperor, A.D. 307-324, of Illyrian See also:peasant origin, was See also:born probably about 250. After the See also:death of Flavius Valerius Severna he was elevated to the See also:rank of See also:Augustus by Galerius, his former friend and See also:companion in arms, on the 11th of See also:November 307, receiving as his immediate command the provinces of Illyricum. On the death of Galerius, in May 311, he shared the entire See also:empire with Maximinus, the See also:Hellespont and the Thracian See also:Bosporus being the dividing See also:line. In See also:March 313 he married See also:Constantia, See also:half-See also:sister of See also:Constantine, at See also:Mediolanum (See also:Milan), in the following See also:month inflicted a decisive defeat on Maximinus at See also:Heraclea Pontica, and established himself See also:master of the See also:East, while his See also:brother-in-See also:law, Constantine, was supreme in the See also:West. In 314 his See also:jealousy led him to encourage a treasonable enterprise on the See also:part of See also:Bassianus against Constantine. When his perfidy became known a See also:civil See also:war ensued, in which he was twice severely defeated-first near Cibalae in See also:Pannonia (See also:October 8th, 314), and next in the See also:plain of Mardia in See also:Thrace; the out-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward reconciliation, which was effected in the following See also:December, See also:left Licinius in See also:possession of Thrace, See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:Syria and See also:Egypt, but added numerous provinces to the Western empire. In 323 Constantine, tempted by the " advanced See also:age and unpopular vices " of his colleague, again declared war against him, and, having defeated his See also:army at See also:Adrianople (3rd of See also:July 323), succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of See also:Byzantium. The defeat of the See also:superior See also:fleet of Licinius by Flavius See also:Julius Crispus, Constantine's eldest son, compelled his withdrawal to See also:Bithynia, where a last stand was made; the See also:battle of Chrysopolis, near See also:Chalcedon (18th of See also:September), finally resulted in his submission. He was interned at Thessalonica and executed in the following See also:year on a See also:charge of treasonable See also:correspondence with the barbarians.
See See also:Zosimus ii. 7-28; See also:Zonaras xiii. I ; See also:Victor, Caes. 40, 41; See also:Eutropius x. 3; See also:Orosius vii. 28.
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