Galerius

/ ɡəˈlɛərɪəs /

noun

1. Galerius?250311MRomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad , Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians

Example Sentences

The emperor Galerius, meanwhile, was said to enliven mealtimes by feeding criminals to his pet bears as he ate.

From New York Times

Koutsoumba says that the ministry also wanted to halt work at a site in Thessaloniki, after major buildings from the time of Roman emperor Gaius Galerius around ad 305–11 were discovered on land where a shopping centre was to be built.

From Nature

Persecutions of Diocletian and Galerius, 458.

From Project Gutenberg

He is said to have been the instigator of the fierce persecution of the Christians under Galerius in 303.

From Project Gutenberg

He has observed, that while the anger of the persecutors was at all times especially directed against the bishops, we know from Eusebius that only nine bishops were put to death in the entire Diocletian persecution, and that the particular enumeration, which the historian made on the spot, of all the martyrs who perished during this persecution in Palestine, which was under the government of Galerius, and was therefore exposed to the full fury of the storm, shows the entire number to have been ninety-two.

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