Licinius

Names:

• ±265; real name unknown 
• 11 November 308: Imperator Caesar Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus Iovius
• 19 September 324: resigned
• Spring 325: executed

• married to: Constantia (sister of Constantine I the Great)
• children: Licinius Junior

Main deeds:

• 308 Appointed by Galerius as augustus in the west; recognized by a meeting of rulers in Carnuntum
• 309 Consul (with Constantine); in the Sasanian empire, Hormizd II dies and is succeeded by the young Shapur II
• 310 Defeats the Sarmatians; accepts the titles Germanicus and Sarmaticus
• 311 Death of Galerius; growing tensions between Licinius and Maximinus Daia; Licinius and Constantine's sister Constantia engaged
• 312 Consul II (with Constantine II); Constantine attacks and defeats the usurper Maxentius
• 313 Consul III (with Constantine III); meeting of Licinius and Constantine (Edict of Milan); Licinius defeats his rival Maximinus Daia on the Campus Serenus near Adrianopel
• 314 Brief conflict with Constantine
• 315 Consul IV (with Constantine IV); accepts the titles Germanicus Maximus and Sarmaticus Maximus
• 317 Decennalia; Constantine and Licinius declare their sons Crispus and Licinius Junior caesares
• 318 Consul V (with Crispus) 
• 319 Licinius Junior consul (with Constantine V)
• 320 Licinius takes anti-Christian measures
• 321 Consul VI (with Licinius Junior II)
• 324 War with Constantine; Licinius' admiral Amandus is defeated by Crispus; Liciniua himself suffers defeat  near Adrianopel and Chrysopolis, resigns, and is exiled to Thessalonica
• 325 Executed; damnatio memoriae
• 326 Execution of Licinius Junior