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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2873503, member: 75937&quot;](To be read in a Paul Harvey voice) ...</p><p><br /></p><p>And now ... the <i>rest of the story!</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;On his deathbed, Galerius ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]687316[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... commended his wife, Galeria Valeria ... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]687310[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... the daughter of Diocletian ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]687315[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... to the care of his friend, Licinius ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]687311[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... who had been raised to imperial rank at Carnantum. But the widowed empress didn&#039;t trust Licinius, and instead fled to the eastern court of Maximinus II (Daia) ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]687314[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... her late husband&#039;s nephew. Maximinus proposed marriage to her (his aunt) in 312, but when she refused him, he seized all her property and banished her to Syria, where she remained until Maximinus was defeated by Licinius the following year.</p><p><br /></p><p>But Licinius never forgave Galeria Valeria for not trusting him two years previously and condemned her to death. She went into hiding for 15 months, but was ultimately captured and executed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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