* A number of Roman emperors of the 3rd-5th century were of Thraco-Roman backgrounds ( Maximinus Thrax, Licinius, Galerius, Aureolus, Leo the Thracian, etc .).

For the 3rd century Roman Emperor of the same name, see: Maximinus Thrax.

In the 4th century, Valentinian spent much of his reign defending the Rhine frontier against a mixed horde of Sarmatians, Goths, and Quadi under their king Gabinius, who was slain at the treaty table by the Roman Marcellinus, son of the praefect of Gaul, Maximinus.

Saint Christopher () is venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius ( reigned 249 – 251 ) or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian ( reigned 308 – 313 ).

Theodore rebuilt the church at Sion, which had been destroyed by Emperor Maximinus at the beginning of the fourth century.

As the soldier Emperors such as Maximinus Thrax ( r. 235 – 8 ) emerged from the provinces in the 3rd century, they brought with them their own regional influences and artistic tastes.

The church of St. Maximinus, begun towards the end of the thirteenth century by Charles II of Sicily and completed by the end of the fifteenth century, an example of pointed architecture in the south of France.

Maximinus was a Roman barrister and Praetorian Prefect of the later fourth century AD.

342 ), and when four Arian bishops consequently came from Antioch to Trier with the purpose of winning Emperor Constans to their side, Maximinus refused to receive them and induced the emperor to reject their proposals.

In one extant inscription ( CIL III. 12132, from Arycanda ), the cities of Lycia and Pamphylia asking for the interdiction of the Christian cult, Maximinus, in another inscription, replied by expressing his hope that " may those [...] who, after being freed from [...] those by-ways [...] rejoice snatched from a grave illness ". After the victory of Constantine over Maxentius, however, Maximinus, according to Eusebius, directed a letter to the Praetorian Prefect Sabinus, in which he expressed the view that it was better to " recall our provincials to the worship of the gods rather by exhortations and flatteries ".

According to Marcellinus a string was attached to the side window of the praetorial office of Maximinus, where the anonymous informers could have hooked their denunciations in a letter.

Pontian and other church leaders ( among them Hippolytus ) were exiled by the emperor Maximinus Thrax to Sardinia, and in consequence of this sentence he resigned on 25 or 28 September 235.

Maximinus then marched on Rome to fight for his rights, taking the II Parthica, among other legions, with him.

An alliance between Maximinus Daia and Maxentius forced the two remaining emperors to enter into a formal agreement with each other.

Capelianus, governor of Numidia, loyal supporter of Maximinus Thrax, and who held a grudge against Gordian, renewed his alliance to the former emperor and invaded Africa province with the only legion stationed in the region, III Augusta, and other veteran units.

Father and son saw their claim to the throne ratified both by the Senate and most of the other provinces, due to Maximinus ' unpopularity.

Capelianus, governor of Numidia, a loyal supporter of Maximinus Thrax, and who held a grudge against Gordian, renewed his allegiance to the reigning emperor and invaded Africa province with the only legion stationing in the region, III Augusta, and other veteran units.

Lactantius described an example from ancient Rome involved the prosecution of a woman suspected to have advised a woman not to marry Maximinus II: " Neither indeed was there any accuser, until a certain Jew, one charged with other offences, was induced, through hope of pardon, to give false evidence against the innocent.

When the time of her death arrived she was carried by angels to Aix and into the oratory of Saint Maximinus, where she received the viaticum ; her body was then laid in an oratory constructed by St. Maximinus at Villa Lata, afterwards called St. Maximin.

Then on the death of Galerius, in May 311, Licinius entered into an agreement with Maximinus Daia, to share the eastern provinces between them.

When Licinius and Constantine began to make common cause with one another, Maximinus entered into a secret alliance with the usurper Caesar Maxentius, who controlled Italy.

He later fell into disfavor during the persecutions of the emperor Maximinus, but died peacefully in old age.

The French tradition of Saint Lazare of Bethany is that Mary, her brother Lazarus, and Maximinus, one of the Seventy Disciples and some companions, expelled by persecutions from the Holy Land, traversed the Mediterranean in a frail boat with neither rudder nor mast and landed at the place called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer near Arles.

By 308 there were therefore no fewer than four claimants to the rank of Augustus ( Galerius, Constantine, Maximian and Maxentius ), and only one to that of Caesar ( Maximinus ).

In one rescript replying to a petition made by the inhabitants of Tyre, transcrbed by Eusebius of Caesarea, Maximinus expounds an unusual pagan orthodoxy, explaining that it is through " the kindly care of the gods " that one could hope for good crops, health and the peaceful sea, and, that not being the case, one should blame " the destructive error of the empty vanity of those impious men weighed down the whole world with shame ".

Following Galerius ' death, Maximinus was no longer constrained ; he enthusiastically took up renewed persecutions in the eastern territories under his control, encouraging petitions against Christians, one of which, addressed to him and to Constantine and Licinius, is preserved in a stone inscription at Arycanda in Lycia, " to request that the Christians, who have long been disloyal and still persist in the same mischievous intent, should at last be put down and not be suffered by any absurd novelty to offend against the honour due to the gods.

They include two women, six youths, and seven men who never claimed the imperial power ; one usurper of the reign of Maximinus Thrax, one of the time of Decius, and two of the time of Aurelian ; and four who are entirely fictitious.

The seventh book recounts the reign of Maximinus Thrax from 235 to 238, and the final one describes the Year of the Six Emperors in 238.

The source actually gives 32 names but as the author, writing under the name of one Trebellius Pollio, places the last two under the reign of Maximinus Thrax and Claudius II respectively, this leaves thirty pretenders supposedly under the reign of Gallienus.

Licinius defeated Maximinus Daia in April 313 at Tarsus, and the latter committed suicide shortly thereafter, leaving Licinius and Constantine the only Emperors ; they governed the Empire along the usual lines of East and West, respectively, discarded the defunct Tetrarchical system, warred against one another in 316 – 317, and again in 324 – 325.

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* Constantius Chlorus and Galerius are declared Augusti ; Flavius Valerius Severus and Maximinus II Daia are appointed Caesars.

In 369, Theodosius set about reconquering the areas north of London ; putting down the revolt of Valentinus, the brother-in-law of a vicarius Maximinus.

The season was soon after Easter ; the year may be safely deduced from the fact that the first nine canons are intended to repair havoc wreaked in the church by persecution, which ceased after the overthrow of Maximinus in 313.

Three Roman Emperors were born in the municipality of Zaječar ; Galerius ( r. 293 – 311 ), Maximinus ( r. 305 – 312 ) and Licinius ( r. 308 – 324 ).

However, during the Crisis of the Third Century, some others held the office ; the future emperor Valerian held the office in 238, during the reigns of Maximinus Thrax and Gordian I.

Leaving his senior colleague Balbinus in charge of the civil administration at Rome, sometime during late April Pupienus marched to Ravenna, where he oversaw the campaign against Maximinus, recruiting German auxiliary troops who had served under him whilst he was in Germania ; after the latter was assassinated by his soldiers just outside Aquileia he despatched both Maximinus's troops and his own back to their provinces ( along with a considerable donative ) and returned to Rome with his newly acquired German bodyguard.

A record from 1907 described the relics as Samian ware pieces ; bronze coins of Maximinus, Victorinus, and Constantius Chlorus ; as well as roofing materials.

There is no reason to believe that his studies were interrupted by the persecutions of Maximinus of Thrace ; his alleged journey to Alexandria, at this time, may therefore be considered at least doubtful, and probably never occurred.

Galerius's sister gave birth to a son, Maximinus Daia, and Galerius's daughter by his first wife, Valeria Maximilla, married Maxentius, son of Maximian by his wife Eutropia ; Eutropia's first marriage ( to Afranius Hannibalianus ) had produced a daughter, Theodora, who became the second wife of Constantius Chlorus (" the Pale ") in 289 ( adopted by Maximian on March 1, 293 ).

The death of Galerius in May 311 and Constantine's spectacular victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312, left only three Emperors: in the East, Maximinus Daia and Licinius ; in the West, Constantine.