Diocletian gave him, who had been hitherto his brother-in-arms and was now his fellow regent, the surname Herculius, in remembrance of the help which the mythological Hercules rendered his father Jupiter in the latter's struggle against the giants. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
Diocletian assumed the title Jovius, and Maximian assumed that of Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [b. Diocletian and the House of Constantine] Reference
Herculius had broken the Quinquegentiani in Africa, thus winning peace for the empire, they began rather to neglect the Goths. From Wordnik.com. [The Origin and Deeds of the Goths] Reference
The very sound persuades to render Herculius, and the agreeableness of the Roman history, from which every one knows how near a king there was between Diocletian and Maximian Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
Constantius was made a senior officer in the Roman army in Britain, then served as tribune and provincial governor before being elevated by Emperor Maximianus Herculius to be his assistant, the Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, including Britain, Gaul and Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Santa Elena, discoverer of the Holy Cross] Reference
Herculius whom Diocletian had appointed co-emperor. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Itaque Herculius non potuit intra paucos dies purpuram refumere Arelati, quaelongo intervallo diftati Treveris. From Wordnik.com. [Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ...] Reference
But even the omnipotence of Jovius and Herculius was insufficient to sustain the weight of the public administration. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
From a motive either of pride or superstition, the two emperors assumed the titles, the one of Jovius, the other of Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
In describing the country, extraction, and manners of Herculius, we have already delineated those of Galerius, who was often, and not improperly, styled the younger. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Herculius, we have already delineated those of Galerius, who was often, and not improperly, styled the younger Maximian, though, in many instances both of virtue and ability, he appears to have possessed a manifest superiority over the elder. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
In describing the country, extraction, and manners of Herculius, we have already delineated those of Galerius, who was often, and not improperly, styled the younger Maximian, though, in many instances both of virtue and ability, he appears to have possessed a manifest superiority over the elder. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Jovius, the other of Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Jovius, and Maximian that of Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [A Smaller History of Rome] Reference
Herculius. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Herculius fcilicec, Galerius, Maximinus Daza. From Wordnik.com. [Lucii Caecilii Firmiani Lactantii De mortibus persecutorum, cum notis Stephani Baluzii ...] Reference
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