Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximinus(AD 270 – AD 313) Maximinus II Daia was born on 20 November AD 270 in the Danubian region as the son of a sister of Galerius. He started his life as a herdsman of cattle, but then joined the army. With his uncle Galerius’ rise to power, he advanced through the …
Valerius Licinius Licinianus(AD ca. 250 – AD 324) Licinius was born in Upper Moesia in about AD 250 as the son of a peasant.He rose through the ranks of the military and became the friend of Galerius. It was on Galerius’ campaign against the Persians in AD 297 that his performance is said to have …
Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius(AD ca. 279 – AD 312) Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius was born around AD 279 as the son of Maximian and his Syrian wife Eutropia. He was made a senator and even was given Galerius‘ daughter Valeria Maximilla in marriage in an attempt to confirm his status of the son of an …
Flavius Valerius Severus(died AD 307) Severus II is a shadowy figure of whom little is known. Of his birth all that is clear is that it was somewhere in the Danubian region. The date and place are unknown, so too his parents. Like all the other Danubian leaders of that time, Severus II had risen …
Few places in the world have been romanticised to longer lengths than a former fruit-growing region now known as Silicon Valley. The region, also known as Santa Clara Valley, was given its nickname by a 1971 Electronics Magazine article, owing to the large quantities of silicon being used to make semiconductor chips. For the better …
Voices of the MexicaStories about true human sacrifices of the aztec empire, the Aztec gods, and the people who worshiped them. and gods they served Asha SandsWritten April 2020 Upon seeing its vastness and pristine order, the first Europeans arriving to the Aztec Empire thought they were having an otherworldly in a glorious dream The …