Diocletian and Maximian, meaning to add a word in favour of King. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
His answer to Maximian is deservedly celebrated. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Diocletian ruled the East; Maximian ruled the West. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Maximian (Maximilian is the diminutive form of this). From Wordnik.com. [If Wishes Were Horses] Reference
Abdication and Retirement of Diocletian and Maximian. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Diocletian was the son of a Dalmatian slave; Maximian. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Maximian the strong he took Rome in hand, and Alemaine. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
Maximian attempted to revolt, but Constantine killed him. From Wordnik.com. [306-337] Reference
Maximian ruling the empire, the Iland tasted of the crueltie that. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England] Reference
Diocletian and Maximian waged constant war to hold the Empire together. From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
Diocletian assumed the title Jovius, and Maximian assumed that of Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
Milan, in Italy, became the capital and residence of Maximian; while Nicomedia, in Asia. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Illyricum by Dioclesian, who, the year following, made Maximian his colleague in the empire. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Diocletian took up residence at Nicomedia in Bithynia, while Maximian lived mostly at Mediolanum (Milan). From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
Maximian was a nephew of King Coel, or Cole, the hero of the nursery rhyme, of which there are many versions. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
The largest and best known ivory carving of the middle ages is the throne of Maximian, Archbishop of Ravenna. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
After suppressing the peasant revolt of the Baucaudae in Gaul, Maximian was raised to the position of Augustus. From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
Diocletian created two Cæsars; the first was another Maximian, surnamed Galerius, who had formerly been a shepherd. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Maximian chose as his Caesar, Flavius Valerius Constantius, who divorced his wife Helena to marry Maximian's daughter. From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
Maxentius took the title of Augustus (308), and Maximian fled to Constantine; for four years Maxentius ruled in Italy. From Wordnik.com. [306-337] Reference
Galerius induced Diocletian to preside over a conference at Carnuntum, where it was decided that Maximian should abdicate. From Wordnik.com. [306-337] Reference
When the emperor Severus came with an army, it deserted and he surrendered to Maximian and was later executed by Maxentius. From Wordnik.com. [306-337] Reference
Maximian was also born of poor and obscure parents, and had been elevated like Diocletian, step by step, by his own courage. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
In pursuance of this plan, he chose as a colleague a companion soldier, Maximian, upon whom he conferred the title of Augustus. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
Maximian was unable to oust M. Aurelius Mausaeus Carasius, who had seized the province of Britain and declared himself Augustus. From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
People have not failed to reproach this Maximian with taking the surname of Hercules, and Diocletian with accepting that of Jove. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Thebias: they were quartered in the east till the emperor Maximian ordered them to march to Gaul, to assist him against the rebels of. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
Maximian made an expedition to Armorica (now Brittany), where he was eventually made king, which caused him to forsake his old Burgh in. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
She accordingly writes to her husband, who belonged to the guards of the emperor Maximian, to complain of Serenus as having insulted her. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
In fear of Galerius, Maximian went to Constantine in Gaul; Constantine recognized him as senior Augustus and married his daughter, Fausta. From Wordnik.com. [306-337] Reference
Nor were the vices of Maximian less useful to his benefactor. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Maximian and Constantius, and Professor of Rhetoric in the college of. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Maximian was born a peasant, and, like Aurelian, in the territory of Sirmium. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
From thence we may fairly infer, that Maximian was more desirous of being considered as. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Maxentius was the son of the emperor Maximian, and he had married the daughter of Galerius. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
The abdication of Diocletian and Maximian was succeeded by eighteen years of discord and confusion. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
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