Ruler · 240 – 310

Maximian

Lived 240 – 310; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 286 – 305; also in the line of Roman Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 240 – 310; 70 years
In office: 19 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 818th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

814 before

Carinus283 – 285

Numerian283 – 284

Diocletian284 – 305

Maximian286 – 305

Constantius Chlorus305 – 306

Galerius305 – 311

Maxentius306 – 312

24 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 286 – 305 · 19 years · came to it aged 46

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

At Diocletian's behest, Maximian abdicated on 1 May 305, gave the Augustan office to Constantius, and retired to southern Italy.

Also in the line of Roman Empire (58th of 79).

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