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Maximian ( Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310 ), nicknamed Herculius, [3] was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305. [1] He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn.
Jovian ( Latin: Jovianus; Greek: Ιοβιανός, translit. Iobianós; 331 – 17 February 364) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364. As part of the imperial bodyguard, he accompanied Julian on his campaign against the Sasanian Empire. Julian was killed in battle, and the exhausted and ill-provisioned army declared Jovian his successor.
Successor: Constantius II, Constans. Definition: Constantine II (Latin: Flavius Claudius Constantinus; February 316 – 340) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340. Parents:
Jan 11, 2023 · Stephen Bates. Wed 11 Jan 2023 08.41 EST. Last modified on Wed 11 Jan 2023 16.08 EST. By the standards of the hapless Greek monarchy, Constantine II, the last king of the Hellenes, who has died ...
Michael (Bulgarian: Михаил, Mihail) or probably more fully Michael Asen II was an emperor of Bulgaria, the son of Emperor Constantine Asen I of Bulgaria and his second wife Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene, niece of the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, being the daughter of his elder sister Irene Palaiologina by John ...
Valens [c] ( Greek: Ουάλης, translit. Ouálēs; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the eastern half of the Roman Empire to rule. In 378, Valens was defeated and killed at the Battle of Adrianople ...
