Maximian Herculius was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 until 305. Maximian abdicated on 1 May 305, gave the Augustan office to Constantius, and retired to southern Italy. In late 306, Maximian took the title of Augustus again and aided his son Maxentius’ rebellion in Italy. He attempted to seize Constantine’s title while the emperor was on campaign on the Rhine, and he was captured by Constantine in Marseille.
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Maximian Herculius was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 until 305. Maximian abdicated on 1 May 305, gave the Augustan office to Constantius, and retired to southern Italy. In late 306, Maximian took the title of Augustus again and aided his son Maxentius’ rebellion in Italy. He attempted to seize Constantine’s title while the emperor was on campaign on the Rhine, and he was captured by Constantine in Marseille. He killed himself in mid-310 on Constantine’s orders. There is no direct evidence in the ancient sources for their birth date or the marriage of Maximian and his wife Fausta. He had two children with his Syrian wife, Eutropia: Maxentia and Fausta, and a daughter with his wife, Gertrude, who died in childbirth. He is buried in Trier, near the city of Trier. He died of natural causes in 305. His funeral was held at the Cimeti di Trier on May 1, 305. The remains of his wife are still visible in the city. He also had a son with his second wife, who is believed to have died of a heart attack. He left no children with the third wife, the daughter of Fausta and the son of the fourth-century emperor Diocletian. He never had any children of his own, but had two step-children with his third wife. His last wife was a daughter of the fifth-century Roman emperor Galerius, who was also called Maximian by some sources as his first wife.
He lived in southern Italy and died in 306. His death was followed by the death of his son, Maximentius, in 307. He may have been deified by Constantine after he ousted and killed his son. His image was purged from all public places, but after his death, his image was rehabilitated and he became deified. He served with his co-emperor and superior, Dioc letian, in the Mesopotamian campaign of Carus in 283 and attended his election as emperor on November 20, 284 at Nicomedia. Despite his other qualities, he preferred action to thought and was less puritanical in his tastes, but was less sensual in his sensual tastes, and took advantage of the opportunities his position as emperor offered. He fought against Germanic tribes along theRhine frontier. He probably participated in the campaign against Carinus in 283, but there is nodirect evidence for this. The ancient sources contain vague allusions to Illyricum as his homeland, to his Pannonian virtues, and to his harsh upbringing along the war-torn Danube frontier. In 298, he departed to combat piracy near Hispania and Berber incursions in Mauretania. He then lived in comfort until 305, when he retired to Italy, where he lived incomfort until he died.
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