Maximian

Also known as: Herculius · Family: Roman Empire · Role: emperor · First appears: Book I · Chap. VI

Life events

Diocletian became emperor and created Maximian his colleague in the empire.(Book I · Chap. VI)
- With: Diocletian
- “Diocletian, the thirty-third from Augustus, and chosen emperor by the army, reigned twenty years, and created Maximian, surnamed Herculius, his colleague in the empire.”
Diocletian and Maximian ordered churches destroyed and Christians persecuted and killed.(Book I · Chap. VI)
- With: Diocletian
- “Meanwhile, Diocletian in the east, and Maximian Herculius in the west, commanded the churches to be destroyed, and the Christians to be persecuted and slain.”

with Diocletian (They were colleagues in the empire.) “Diocletian, the thirty-third from Augustus, and chosen emperor by the army, reigned twenty years, and created Maximian, surnamed Herculius, his colleague in the empire.”
with Carausius (Maximian ordered Carausius's execution.) “When, therefore, an order was sent by Maximian that he should be put to death, he took upon him the imperial purple, and possessed himself of Britain”
sworn: Diocletian (Diocletian appointed Maximian as his imperial colleague.) “Diocletian, the thirty-third from Augustus, and chosen emperor by the army, reigned twenty years, and created Maximian, surnamed Herculius, his colleague in the empire.”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.