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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;old49er, post: 2919372, member: 78229&quot;]Hi Everyone, another nice coin from JA. I really like the AE type coins a lot. A nice portrait and an interesting Jupiter reverse. Licinius I&nbsp; seems to have pushed his luck messing with Constantine. Interesting History to me. I guess the lesson here is don&#039;t mess with Constantine! [ATTACH=full]706585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]706586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]706587[/ATTACH]</p><p>Name commonly known as: Licinius I</p><p>Latin Roman Name: Valerius Licinianus Licinius</p><p>Reigned as Roman Emperor / Caesar: Reign 11 November 308 - 311 as Augustus in the west, with Galerius in the east in 311 - 313 (joint Augustus with Maximinus) 313 - 324 as Augustus in the east, with Constantine in the west and in 314 and 324 in competition with Constantine</p><p>Dynasty / Historical Period: In 285 the Roman Empire was split in half by Diocletian - The Western Roman Empire and the other half became known as the Eastern Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire.</p><p>Place and Date of Birth: c. 250 at Moesia Superior (Serbia)</p><p>Family connections / Genealogy</p><p>*** Married: Flavia Julia Constantia</p><p>*** Children: Licinius II</p><p>Place and Date of Death: Died 325 in Thessalonica&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; They both fought to become sole emperor of the East. During the early summer of 311 Maximinus Daza met with Licinius at the Bosporus and they concluded a treaty, sharing the Eastern empire between them.&nbsp; The peace treaty was relatively short lived and Daza met Licinius in battle in 313AD. Licinius was victorious and Daza fled to Tarsus where he was killed on the orders of Licinius, who also ordered that his wife and children should also be killed. Licinius cemented his position by marrying the sister of the Emperor Constantine the Great (now Augustus of the West), called Constantia. Licinius and Constantia had one child named Valerius Licinianus Licinius. It was a marriage of convenience, Licinius was unfaithful and this resulted in a battle between the two emperors. Constantine was victorious, but the civil war was draining the Roman armies and so a peace treaty was made. Tension between the two emperors continued to grow. Licinius angered Constantine still further in 320 by turning on the Christians in his realm and yet another war broke out between them in 321AD. Licinius was finally defeated by Constantine at Chrysopolis on 18 September 324. Licinius fled to Nicomedeia which Constantine began to besiege. Licinius quickly abdicated and was sent to Thessalonica, where he was kept under house arrest. Licinius was put to death by hanging in 325. It is believed that he had attempted yet another rebellion against Constantine the Great as an ally of the Goths. Copyright @ <a href="http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-emperors/licinius-i.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-emperors/licinius-i.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-emperors/licinius-i.htm</a> Please post anything related. Would love to see them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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