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Licinius
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Valerius Licinianus Licinius (; Greek: Λικίνιος; 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 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.
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Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius was a male politician and Roman emperor during the Later Roman Empire. Born in 0263, he held the noble title of Augustus and belonged to the Licinia gens. He practiced ancient Roman religion and was a citizen of Ancient Rome. His spouse was Flavia Julia Constantia, and he had a son named Licinius II.
Licinius died in 0325 in Thessaloniki. His manner of death was capital punishment, specifically hanging to death, and he was killed by Constantine the Great. He is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the New International Encyclopedia.
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- Colossal portrait head of Licinius from the theater of Ephesus. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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- 11 November 308 –
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- Severus II
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- Constantine I (alone)
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- Galerius (East, 308–311)Constantine I (West, 308–324)Maximinus Daza (311–313)Valerius Valens (316–317)Martinianus (324)
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- Licinius Licinianus (?)
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- 265
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- Moesia Superior, Roman Empire
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- Spring of 325 (aged around 60)
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- Thessalonica
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- Flavia Julia Constantia
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- politician
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- ancient Roman religion
- Noble title
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Valerius Licinianus Licinius (; Greek: Λικίνιος; 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 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.
== Early reign == Born to a Dacian peasant family in Moesia Superior, Licinius accompanied his close childhood friend and future emperor Galerius, on the Persian expedition in 298. He was trusted enough by Galerius that in 307 he was sent as an envoy to Italy, to attempt to reach some sort of agreement with the usurper Maxentius. When Galerius went to deal with Maxentius personally after the death of Severus II, he left the eastern provinces in Licinius's care.
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