Licinius

Reece Period attributed: Period 16

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Member of the The Tetrarchy dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 308 until 324.

Licinius came to power in 308, appointed Augustus by Galerius and Diocletian in the midst of power struggles. He was unable to remove Maxentius from Italy, and operated out of the Balkans.

Licinius and Constantine split when Constantine tried to take power, invading the Balkans and trying to squeeze out the claims of Licinius the Younger to becoming Caesar. Ultimately, Licinius and Constantine ceased fighting in a treaty which named Constantine’s two sons as well as Licinius the Younger as Caesars.

Licinius suspected Christians in his service of being Constantine’s partisans, and began to dismiss them. On this pretext, Constantine again attacked Licinius, eventually defeating his forces in Hadrianopolis and again across the Bosphorus. He sent Licinius and his son to live as private citizens, but at some point in early 325 they were hanged.

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Licinius
• Full names:
  • Licinius
• Title: Roman consul II, Roman consul IV, Roman consul III, Roman consul V
• Predecessor: Valerius Severus
• Successor: Constantine the Great
• Definition: Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c. 265 – 325) was Roman emperor from 308 to 324. For most of his reign he was the colleague and rival of Constantine I, with whom he co-authored the Edict of Milan, AD 313, that granted official toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire. He was finally defeated at the Battle of Chrysopolis (AD 324), and was later executed on the orders of Constantine I.
• Parents:
  • Father:
  • Mother:
• Birth place:
• Death place: Thessaloniki
• Spouse:
  • Flavia Julia Constantia
• Other title(s):
  • Roman consul II
  • Roman consul IV
  • List of Roman emperors
  • List of Roman consuls
  • Roman consul III
  • Roman consul V
• Came After:
  • Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus
  • Licinius II
  • Antonius Caecina Sabinus
  • Petronius Annianus
  • Gaius Vettius Cossinius Rufinus
  • Pompeius Probus
  • Tatius Andronicus
  • Constantine the Great
  • Petronius Probianus
  • Amnius Anicius Julianus
• Came before:
  • Diocletian
  • Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus
  • Galerius
  • Ovinius Gallicanus
  • Petronius Annianus
  • Constantine II (emperor)
  • Maximinus Daza
  • Constantine the Great
  • Caesonius Bassus
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • Dacians
  • Executed Roman emperors
  • 4th-century murdered monarchs
  • 4th-century executions
  • Licinii
  • People executed by the Roman Empire
  • 325 deaths
  • Valerii
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • 4th-century Roman emperors
  • Tetrarchy
  • People executed by hanging
  • 260s births
  • People from Zaječar District
  • Constantinian dynasty