Galerius Chart
The tables below are reproductions of the charts found in chapter V of The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982) by T.D. Barnes. Minor stylistic changes have been made to improve consistency.
The tables below are adapted and reproduced with permission from T.D. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982).
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Principal Residences
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 293–296 | Antioch? |
| 296–299 | On campaign |
| 299–c. 303 | Thessalonica |
| c. 303–winter 308/9 | Serdica |
| winter 308/9–311 | Thessalonica |
Attested Movements
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 293, Mar. 1 | Invested with the purple by Diocletian, probably at Sirmium | Pan. Lat. 8(5).3.1; Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 35.4 (day) |
| 293, Dec. | In Egypt? | P. Grenfell 2.110 |
| 294? | Expedition to Upper Egypt | Eusebius, Chronicle 227 Karst; Jerome, Chronicle 226; Pan. Lat. 8(5).5.2 |
| 295, Jan. | In Upper Egypt? | P. Oxy. 32 recto |
| 295, May 1 | At Damascus? | Mos. et Rom. legum collatio 6.4 = CJ 5.4.17 |
| 295? | Campaign on the Persian frontier | Tables 4, 5 |
| 296, late–297, spring | On campaign against the Persians; defeated between Carrhae and Callinicum | P. Argent. 480, 1 verso 1 ff.; Victor, Caes. 39.34; Eutropius, Brev. 25, Jerome, Chronicle 227 |
| 297 | Collects a new army from the Danube | Victor, Caes. 39.34; Eutropius, Brev. 9.24; Festus, Brev. 25 |
| 298 | Successful campaign against the Persians: attacks through Armenia, marches down the Tigris through Media and Adiabene, advances to Ctesiphon, and returns up the Euphrates | Arch of Galerius at Thessalonica; Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 9.6; Tables 4–7; Victor, Coes. 39.34; Eutropius, Brev. 9.25.1; Festus, Brev. 25 (Armenia); Constantine, Oratio 16; HA. Carus 9.3 (Ctesiphon); Ammianus 24.1.10 (return) |
| 298/9?, winter | Negotiates with a Persian envoy in Mesopotamia | Petrus Patricius, frag. 13 |
| 299?, spring | Meets Diocletian at Nisibis | Petrus Patricius, frag. 14 |
| 299, spring | With Diocletian at Antioch | Lactantius, Div. Inst. 4.27.4 f., cf. Mort. Pers. 10.1 ff. |
| 299 or 300 | Campaign against the Marcomanni | Chr. Min. 1.230, cf. Tables 4–7 |
| 301?, very late in the year | Campaign against the Carpi | Tables 4–7 |
| 302 | Campaigns against the Carpi and Sarmatians | Tables 4–7; Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 13.2; RIC 6.510, Thessalonica 10 (VICTORIAE SARMATICAE) |
| 302/3, winter | At Nicomedia with Diocletian | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 10.6 ff.; Eusebius, HE 8.5 (303, Feb. 24) |
| 303, Mar. 12 | Still at Nicomedia | Eusebius, HE 8.6.2 ff.; cf. PO 10.14 |
| 303, c. Mar. 14 | Leaves Nicomedia | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 14.6 f. |
| 303, autumn | Campaign against the Carpi | Tables 6, 7; Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 38.6 |
| 304/5, winter | Meets Maximian at an unkown location | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 18.1 |
| 305, March–May | At Nicomedia | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 18.1 ff. |
| 306, late, or 307, early | Campaign against the Sarmatians | Tables 6, 7 |
| 307, late summer/autumn | Invades Italy | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 27.2 ff.; Origo 6–7 |
| 308 (or 309) | Campaign against the Carpi | Tables 6, 7 |
| 308, Oct. | At Serdica | Origo 8 |
| 308, Nov. 11 | At Carnuntum | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 29.1 f.; Chr. Min. 1.231 |
| 308, Nov. | Returns to Serdica | Origo 8 |
| 311, late April or early May | Dies in the province of Dardania, and is buried in Romulianum on the Danube | Chr. Min. 1.148; Epitome 40.16 (places); Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 35.4 (date) |
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