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Diocletian and Maximian, meaning to add a word in favour of King
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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The most famous preserved example is the porphyry group of Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius embracing each other, which can now be seen on the southwest corner of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Despite lending his son initial support, Maximian soon became estranged from him.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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On 1 May 305 the elderly and physically ailing Diocletian persuaded his reluctant co-Augustus Maximian to abdicate with him, and Constantius and Galerius were jointly elevated to senior honors.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Maximian (Maximilian is the diminutive form of this)
If Wishes Were Horses kittenpie 2008
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He co-ruled for twenty years (284-305) with his friend and fellow-officer Maximian, securing previously unsecurable borders and restructuring the governing system so that what was a crumbling Empire lasted another hundred years.
Inside, Outside, Upside Down (And Inside Out) Heather McDougal 2008
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Diocletian and Galerius spent most of their time in the East, and Maximian and Constantius policed the western provinces.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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He co-ruled for twenty years (284-305) with his friend and fellow-officer Maximian, securing previously unsecurable borders and restructuring the governing system so that what was a crumbling Empire lasted another hundred years.
Archive 2008-04-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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Eulalia ran away to the law court of the governor Dacian at Emerita, professed herself a Christian, insulted the pagan gods and emperor Maximian, and challenged the authorities to martyr her.
John William Waterhouse – St. Eulalia 1885 | ultraorange.net 2008
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Eulalia of Mérida was a Roman Christian child martyred in Emerita in Lusitania modern Mérida in Spain during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximian.
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