Galerius

/ ɡəˈlɛərɪəs /

noun

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

Example Sentences

The emperor Galerius, meanwhile, was said to enliven mealtimes by feeding criminals to his pet bears as he ate.

From New York Times

Koutsoumba says that the ministry also wanted to halt work at a site in Thessaloniki, after major buildings from the time of Roman emperor Gaius Galerius around ad 305–11 were discovered on land where a shopping centre was to be built.

From Nature

Persecutions of Diocletian and Galerius, 458.

From Project Gutenberg

He is said to have been the instigator of the fierce persecution of the Christians under Galerius in 303.

From Project Gutenberg

Diocletian, whose name has been somewhat unjustly associated with a persecution, the responsibility of which belongs far more to his colleague Galerius, having left the Christians in perfect peace for nearly eighteen years, suffered himself to be persuaded to make one more effort to eradicate the foreign creed.

From Project Gutenberg