Galerius

British  

/ ɡəˈlɛərɪəs /

noun

1. full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 _ad , Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians

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Example Sentences

There's a building there called the Rotunda which is an absolute must-see It's a round, beautiful, reddish stone building, built around 300AD by emperor Galerius to be his mausoleum.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2011

This queenly presence was the young and lovely Empress Valeria, the daughter of Diocletian and Prisca, and wife of the co-Emperor, Galerius Cæsar.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

Cymodocée becomes very beautiful, and receives, but rejects, the addresses of Hierocles, proconsul of Achaia, and a favourite of Galerius.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

In the short period of fifteen years which elapsed between the death of Galerius and the Council of Nic�a, the most stupendous revolution which the pages of history record had been brought about.

From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.

Galerius and Constantius, however, were not quite so high, and had not such full authority, as the other two.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie