Ruler · 258 – 311

Galerius

Lived 258 – 311; ruler, politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 305 – 311; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 258 – 311; 53 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 820th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

816 before

Diocletian284 – 305

Maximian286 – 305

Constantius Chlorus305 – 306

Galerius305 – 311

Maxentius306 – 312

Severus II306 – 307

Constantine the Great306 – 337

22 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 305 – 311 · 6 years · came to it aged 47

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes

Also in the line of Roman Empire (60th of 79).

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