Licinius

Reece Period attributed: Period 16

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 V, Roman consul II, Roman consul III, Roman consul IV
• Predecessor: Severus II
• Successor: Constantine the Great
• Definition: Licinius (/lisɪnɪəs/; Latin: Valerius Licinianus Licinius [walerɪjʊs̠ lɪkɪnɪanʊs̠ lɪkɪnɪʊs̠]; 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 V
  • Roman consul II
  • Roman consul III
  • Roman consul IV
  • List of Roman consuls
  • List of Roman emperors
• Came After:
  • Antonius Caecina Sabinus
  • Petronius Annianus
  • Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus
  • Pompeius Probus
  • Licinius II
  • Tatius Andronicus
  • Constantine the Great
  • Gaius Vettius Cossinius Rufinus
  • Amnius Anicius Julianus
  • Petronius Probianus
• Came before:
  • Constantine II (emperor)
  • Galerius
  • Maximinus Daza
  • Constantine the Great
  • Caesonius Bassus
  • Ovinius Gallicanus
  • Diocletian
  • Petronius Annianus
  • Gaius Ceionius Rufius Volusianus
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • 4th-century executions
  • Dacians
  • People from Zaječar District
  • 325 deaths
  • Licinii
  • Tetrarchy
  • 260s births
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Valerii
  • 4th-century Roman emperors
  • Constantinian dynasty
  • People executed by hanging
  • 4th-century murdered monarchs
  • People executed by the Roman Empire
  • Executed Roman emperors