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Legend: maximianus augustus. Maximian was born around 250 [ 5 ] near Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica , Serbia ) in the province of Pannonia , into a family of shopkeepers. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Beyond that, the ancient sources contain vague allusions to Illyricum as his homeland, [ 8 ] to his Pannonian virtues, [ 9 ] and to his harsh upbringing along ...
Nothing is known of Maximianus's life save what can be inferred from his poetry. [2] In it, he claims Etruscan descent (me ... Etruscae gentis alumnum [5.5]); describes his youth and manhood, [3] including his friendship with Boethius, whom he apostrophizes as the "greatest investigator of great matters" (magnarum scrutator maxime rerum [3.47])—leading most scholars to date his work roughly ...
Maximianus or Maximian may refer to the following people: Marcus Valerius Maximianus , suffect consul in 186, legionary legate during the Marcomannic Wars Maximian (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius), co-emperor with Diocletian, 286–305
Maximianus was a forty-eight-year-old deacon from Pola when he became the twenty-sixth bishop of Ravenna. According to the ninth-century Ravennate priest Andreas Agnellus , Maximianus' flock initially refused his leadership, because he was selected by the emperor Justinian I and was not their initial candidate.
The Throne of Maximian (or Maximianus) is a cathedra (episcopal throne) that was made for Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna and is now on display at the Archiepiscopal Museum, Ravenna. It is generally agreed that the throne was carved in the Greek East of the Byzantine Empire and shipped to Ravenna , but there has long been scholarly debate over ...
Maximianus of Constantinople (Greek: Μαξιμινιανός; died 12 April 434) was the archbishop of Constantinople from 25 October 431 until his death on 12 April 434. Biography [ edit ]
Galerius Valerius Maximianus [j] (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɛər i ə s /; Greek: Γαλέριος; c. 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. While acting as Caesar under Emperor Diocletian, Galerius obtained victory warring against the Persian Sassanian Empire, defeating Narseh at the battle of Satala in 298 and possibly sacking the Sassanian capital of Ctesiphon in 299.
Marcus Valerius Maximianus was an important Roman general of the period of the Marcomannic Wars during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. He was born (year unknown) in the Roman colony of Poetovio (modern Ptuj , in Slovenia), where his father, also called Marcus Valerius Maximianus, was a local censor and priest.