Curated category
Illyrian emperors
- HostilianGaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus entered the world at an unknown date, born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla. His full name included Perpenna or…
- LiciniusValerius Licinianus Licinius emerged from a Dacian peasant family in Moesia Superior around the year 265. His early life remained obscure until he joined his…
- Constantius ChlorusFlavius Valerius Constantius entered the world on the 31st of March, though historians cannot name his birth year. His career and the age of his eldest son…
- Constantine the GreatOn the 27th of February 272, a boy named Constantine was born inside the city of Naissus. This settlement sat within Dardania, part of the province Moesia…
- Claudius GothicusMarcus Aurelius Claudius was born on the 10th of May in 214. Some researchers suggest a later date of 219 or 220, yet most historians adhere to the first…
- DiocletianIn the year 284, an army gathered on a hill outside Nicomedia to choose their new leader. The soldiers had just discovered that Emperor Numerian was dead…
- Justinian IJustinian was born in Tauresium, Dardania, probably in 482. He came from a peasant family thought to have been of either Thraco-Roman or Illyro-Roman origin.
- GaleriusGalerius Valerius Maximianus arrived in the world between 258 and 260 within the Danube provinces. Ancient texts place his birth either near Serdica or at a…
- MaximianMaximian was born around the year 250 near Sirmium in the province of Pannonia. His family owned a shop, and he grew up along the war-torn Danube frontier.
- AurelianAurelian entered the Roman army in 235, a year that marked the beginning of his ascent from modest circumstances. Most historians agree he was born on the…
- ValensOn the 28th of March 364, soldiers gathered before the Constantinian Walls at a place called Hebdomon to acclaim Valens as co-emperor.