Maximiānus, M. Aurelius Valerius in Harpers Dictionary
A Roman emperor, who ruled A.D. 286-305, originally a
Pannonian soldier. He was made by Diocletian his colleague in
the Empire, but was compelled to abdicate along with the
latter. (See Diocletianus.) When his son Maxentius assumed the
imperial title in the following year (306 A.D.), he resided
some time at Rome; but being expelled from the city by
Maxentius, he took refuge in Gaul with Constantine, who had
married his daughter Fausta. Here he was compelled by
Constantine, against whom he is said to have conspired, to put
an end to his own life in 310.
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