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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2199005, member: 73473&quot;]Spot on Kevin and JA.</p><p>Most of our sources from this period come from Christian authors who definitely had a score to settle with opponents of their faith, and opponents of Constantine.</p><p>One of our main sources comes from Lactantius, a Christian scribe and tutor under Constantine I</p><p>He claims that Galerius actually hated the Roman Empire and wanted to call it the Dacian Empire. ( Galerius&#039;s parents came from old Dacia when Aurelian evacuated Romans and Dacians from it in the 270&#039;s.)</p><p>He then goes on to claim that Maximinus II was a &quot;half barbarian&quot;.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, this does not really make sense.</p><p>Why would Diocletian appoint a person who hated the state to lead it? If Galerius hated Rome and all it stood for then why was he so fervent about the old Roman ways? If Galerius really did treat the Romans like Trajan did the defeated Dacian nobility, then why didn&#039;t the Roman soldiers and officers just kill him?</p><p>As students of history we must always keep an open mind about the people we study, and who wrote the history books and what agendas if any they had.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the great Denis Diderot said&quot; <i>Skepticism is the first step towards truth&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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