THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Socinian Controversy, Galerius, Tyrant
20 Mar 2020
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Christianity in the fourth century : the trinitarian controversy. Lesson 9: the persecution of diocletian - the persecution of christians by the roman emperor. Galerius hoped to have him rule the west, but since italy, africa, and. Spain were held by the usurper maxentius, while constantine reigned in gaul and. Britain, licinius had to content himself with ruling pannonia. When galerius died in 311, licinius took over galerius" european dominions. Licinius added the entire eastern half of the empire to his dominion: after a brief accord between the two augusti, constantine forced licinius to surrender the provinces of pannonia and moesia. There followed 10 years of uneasy peace in which. Licinius built up his army and accumulated a huge reserve of treasure. Constantine defeated him at adrianople and again at chrysopolis. Latin in full marcus aurelius valerius maxentius (died 312), roman emperor from. Maxentius at first controlled italy and africa but not spain, which was controlled by constantine.
