Maximian

Names:

• 21 July 250 (?): full name unknown
• Oktober 285: Proclaimed caesar by Diocletian
• 1 April 286: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Augustus Herculius
• 1 May 305: resigned
• December 306: Second reign: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Augustus
• November 308: forced to resign
• July 310: taken captive; suicide

Relatives:

• married to: Eutropia
• children: Maxentius, Fausta (married to Constantine I the Great)

Early career

• 250: Born in Dalmatia, near Sirmium
• Military service during the reigns of Aurelian, Probus, and Carus
• Diocletianus appoints Maximianus as his caesar

Main deeds, first reign

• 286 Successful campaign against the Bagaudes; Maximianus made co-ruler; he accepts the title Herculius
• 286 War against the Germanic tribes; insurrection of Carausius in Britain
• 287 Consul (with Diocletian III); continued war against the Germanic tribes; accepts the title Germanicus Maximus and Germanicus Maximus II
• 288 Consul II (with Pomponius Januarius); end of the Germanic war; Germanicus Maximus III; meeting with Diocletian
• 289 Naval catastrophe; Moorish war; Diocletian successfully fights against the Sarmatians; Maximianus accepts the title Sarmaticus Maximus
• 290 Consul III (with Diocletian IV)
• 290/291 Meeting with Diocletian in Milan
• 292 War against the Alamans
• 293 Consul IV (with Diocletian V); First Tetrarchy: Galerius and Constantius I Chlorus proclaimed caesares; all four men accept the title Germanicus Maximus, Maximianus for the fourth time; in Britain, Carausius is killed by Allectus
• 294 Diocletian defeats the Sarmatians; Maximianus accepts the title Sarmaticus Maximus II

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  295 Galerius fight against the Persians (?); Maximianus accepts the title Persicus Maximus
• 296 Diocletian fights against the Carpi; Maximianus accepts the title Carpicus Maximus and adds Britannicus Maximus after Constantius has reconquered Britain
• 296/297 Insurrection of Julianus in Africa; campaign against the Moors
• 297 Consul V (with Galerius II)
• 298 Stay in Carthage and expedition to Tripolitana; Galerius defeats Narseh; end of the Persian war; Maximianus accepts the titles Armeniacus Maximus, Medicus Maximus, Adiabenicus Maximus, and Persicus Maximus II
• 299 Consul VI (with Diocletian VII); return to Rome; begins building the Baths of Diocletian
• 300 Accepts, after Galerius' successes along the Danube, the title Sarmaticus Maximus III
• 301 Accepts, after Constantius' successes along the Rhine, the title Germanicus Maximus V; monetary reform; edict on Maximum Prizes
• 303 Consul VII (with Diocletian VIII); joint triumph with Maximianus; edict against the Christians
• 304 Consul VIII (with Diocletian IX)
• 305 Diocletian and Maximianus resign; Second Tetrarchy: they are succeeded by Galerius and Constantius I Chlorus, who appoint as caesares Maximinus Daia and Severus II
• Maximianus retires from politics

Main deeds, second reign

• 306 Third Tetrarchy: After the death of Constantius I Chlorus, Severus II becomes emperor and recognizes Chlorus' son Constantine as his caesar. Maxentius, the son of Maximianus, occupies Rome, demanding the caesarship; Maximianus supports him
• 307 In Ravenna, Maximianus forces Severus II into surrender and orders him to abdicate;^note[Zosimus, New History 2.10.1-2.] recognizes Constantine as emperor, marries him to his daughter Fausta; consul IX (with Constantine)
• 308 Maximianus unsuccessfully tries to dethrone his son in Rome; flees to Constantine; Conference at Carnuntum; Maximianus persuaded to resign again
• 310 Maximianus provokes a new rebellion, is captured, and reportedly commits suicide
• Damnatio memoriae

Buildings: Baths of Diocletian, Piazza Armerina (?)

Succeeded by: Constantius I Chlorus