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Licinius
Licinius: emperor of the Roman world (r. 308-324).
Names:
- c.265; real name unknown
- 11 November 308: Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus Iovius
- 19 September 324: resigned
- Spring 325: executed
Relatives:
- married to: Constantia (sister of Constantine I the Great)
- children: Licinius Junior
Main deeds
- 308 Appointed by Galerius as augustus in the west; recognized by a meeting of rulers in Carnuntum
- 309 Consul (with Constantine); in the Sasanian empire, Hormizd II dies and is succeeded by the young Shapur II
- 310 Defeats the Sarmatians; accepts the titles Germanicus and Sarmaticus
- 311 Death of Galerius; growing tensions between Licinius and Maximinus Daia; Licinius and Constantine's sister Constantia engaged
- 312 Consul II (with Constantine II); Constantine attacks and defeats the usurper Maxentius
- 313 Consul III (with Constantine III); meeting of Licinius and Constantine (Edict of Milan); Licinius defeats his rival Maximinus Daia on the Campus Serenus near Adrianopel
- 314 Brief conflict with Constantine; execution of Valeria
- 315 Consul IV (with Constantine IV); accepts the titles Germanicus Maximus and Sarmaticus Maximus
- 317 Decennalia; Constantine and Licinius declare their sons Crispus and Licinius Junior caesares
- 318 Consul V (with Crispus)
- 319 Licinius Junior consul (with Constantine V)
- 320 Licinius takes anti-Christian measures
- 321 Consul VI (with Licinius Junior II)
- 324 War with Constantine; Licinius' admiral Amandus is defeated by Crispus; Licinius himself suffers defeat near Adrianopel
- 324, 18 September: Licinius defeated near Chrysopolis; he resigns, and is exiled to Thessaloniki
- 325 Executed; damnatio memoriae
- 326 Execution of Licinius Junior
Succeeded by: Constantine I the Great