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  • Diocletian gave him, who had been hitherto his brother-in-arms and was now his fellow regent, the surname Herculius, in remembrance of the help which the mythological Hercules rendered his father Jupiter in the latter's struggle against the giants.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • Constantius was made a senior officer in the Roman army in Britain, then served as tribune and provincial governor before being elevated by Emperor Maximianus Herculius to be his assistant, the Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, including Britain, Gaul and Spain.

    Santa Elena, discoverer of the Holy Cross 2006

  • Constantius was made a senior officer in the Roman army in Britain, then served as tribune and provincial governor before being elevated by Emperor Maximianus Herculius to be his assistant, the Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, including Britain, Gaul and Spain.

    Santa Elena, discoverer of the Holy Cross 2006

  • Diocletian assumed the title Jovius, and Maximian assumed that of Herculius.

    b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine 2001

  • St. Maurice was a general of Rome at the time that the capital of the world was ruled jointly by Diocletian and Maximian Herculius.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • St. Maurice was a general of Rome at the time that the capital of the world was ruled jointly by Diocletian and Maximian Herculius.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • St. Maurice was a general of Rome at the time that the capital of the world was ruled jointly by Diocletian and Maximian Herculius.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • The very sound persuades to render Herculius, and the agreeableness of the Roman history, from which every one knows how near a king there was between Diocletian and Maximian Herculius.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • -- There is this inscription there, "I Diocletianus, the king, built this mart of Tsur [or Tyre], to the fortune of my brother Herculius, in eighty days."

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Herculius had broken the Quinquegentiani in Africa, thus winning peace for the empire, they began rather to neglect the Goths.

    The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

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