Maximianus Herculius
Max-im'i-an, [Fr. Maximien, maVse'me-i.N' ; Lat.
Maximia'nus,] or, more fully, Mar'cus Vale'rius
Maximia'nus, a Roman emperor, born in Pannonia,
was the son of a peasant. He had obtained high rank in
the army when Diocletian, in 286 A.D., adopted him as
his colleague in the empire. In the division of the empire,
Italy and Africa were assigned to Ma...
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（Ἀριστομένης). A Messenian, the hero of the second war with Sparta, who belongs more to legend than to history. He was a native of Andania, and was sprung from the royal line of Aepytus. Tired of the yoke of Sparta, he began the war in B.C. 685. After the defeat of the Messenians, in the third year of the war, Aristomenes retreated to the mountain ...
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Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus (c. 250 – c. July 310),[8] commonly known as Maximian, was Roman Emperor from 285 to 305. He was
Caesar[1][2] from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286[3] to 305.[4] He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior,
Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn. Maximian esta...
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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 ci...
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