Galerius

/ ɡəˈlɛərɪəs /

noun

Galerius?250311MRomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad , Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians

Galerius, an Illyrian herdsman, but exhibited more conspicuously upon the throne of empire the native barbarity of his character.

He was the natural son of Galerius, the friend and benefactor of Licinius.

The emergency became so pressing that a council was held by Diocletian and Galerius to determine what should be done.

However, Maximian and Galerius were determined to put down the faith.

The one ascribes it to lightning, and the divine wrath; the other affirms, that it was kindled by the malice of Galerius himself.

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