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    Galerius Valerius Maximianus [j] ( / ɡəˈlɛəriəs /; Greek: Γαλέριος; c. 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sasanian Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300.

  2. Galerius was a Roman emperor from 305 to 311, notorious for his persecution of Christians. Galerius was born of humble parentage and had a distinguished military career. On March 1, 293, he was nominated as caesar by the emperor Diocletian, who governed the Eastern part of the empire.

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  3. Who is emperor Galerius? Galerius (born near Serdica, Thrace [now Sofia, Bulg.] —died 311) was a Roman emperor from 305 to 311, notorious for his persecution of Christians. He was born of humble parentage and had a distinguished military career.

  4. Galerius, Emperor of Rome. The emperor Galerius (c. 250-311 A.D.) ruled over a disintegrating Roman Empire in the years just prior to its conversion to Christianity. The six-year period of his reign, from 305 to 311, marked the last official persecution of Christians in the Roman world.

  5. Sep 28, 2020 · Roman Emperor Galerius | History Cooperative. Galerius. Franco C. | Ancient Civilizations, Decline of Rome, Roman Empire | January 11, 2021. Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. (AD ca. 250 – AD 311) Galerius was born in about AD 250 in a little Danubian village near Florentiana in Upper Moesia.

  6. Persecution was not the only outlet of the Tetrarchy's moral fervor. In 295, either Diocletian or his caesar (subordinate emperor) Galerius issued an edict from Damascus forbidding incestuous marriages and affirming the supremacy of Roman law over local law.

  7. Galerius Valerius Maximinus was a Roman emperor from 310 to 313 and a persistent persecutor of the Christians. He was a nephew of Galerius, one of the two men named augustus after the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian. Originally a shepherd, Maximinus joined the army and advanced rapidly.

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