Maximian 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 |
|---|---|
| 285–286 | On campaign |
| 286–293? | Trier |
| 293?–296 | Milan and Aquileia |
| 296–299 | On campaign and at Carthage |
| 299–305 | Milan and Aquileia |
Attested Movements
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 285, July 21 | Proclaimed Caesar, probably in Milan | Eutropius, Brev. 9.20.3 (Caesar); RIC 5.2.241 no. 203 (Ticinum: ADVENTUS AUG); Passio Marcelli 2 (day) |
| 285, late summer | Campaign against the Bagaudae | Pan. Lat. 10(2).4.2 ff. |
| 285, c. Sept. | At Boulogne? | Eutropius, Brev. 9.21 (which strictly attests only Carausius’ presence at Bononia) |
| 285, autumn | Repels a German invasion of Gaul | Pan. Lat. 10(2).5.1 ff. |
| 286, Feb. 10 | At Milan | CJ 8.53(54).6 + 3.29.4 = Frag. Vat. 282 |
| 286, June 21 | At Mainz | Frag. Vat. 271 |
| 287, Jan. 1 | At Trier (or possibly Cologne or Mainz) | Pan. Lat. 10(2).6.2 ff. |
| 287 | Expedition across the Rhine | Pan. Lat. 10(2).7.1 ff. |
| 288 | Conference with Diocletian | Pan. Lat. 10(2).9.1 |
| 288, late | Receives Gennoboudes and his Franci, presumably in northwestern Gaul | Pan. Lat. 10(2).10.3 f. |
| 289, April 21 | At Trier (or possibly Cologne or Mainz) | Pan. Lat. 10(2) |
| 289? or 290? | Visits Rome? | Julian, Orat. 1, 5d |
| 290, early | Visits Lugdunum | RIC 5.2.222 no. 13, 261 no. 347 (ADVENTUS AUGG) |
| 290 | Tours Gaul | Pan. Lat. 11(3).4.2 |
| 290, c. Dec. 22 | Crosses the Alps | Pan. Lat. 11(3).2.4 |
| 290, late Dec., or 291, Jan. | Confers with Diocletian in Milan | Pan. Lat. 11(3).8.1 ff. |
| 291, Feb. 18 | At Durocortorum (Reims) | Frag. Vat. 315 |
| 291, summer | At Trier | Pan. Lat. 11(3) |
| 293, Mar. 1 | Invests Constantius with the purple, presumably at Milan | Pan. Lat. 8(5).2.2 ff.; Chr. Min. 1.228 (day) |
| 293?, Mar. 18 | At Ravenna | CJ 6.8.1 |
| 293, May 2 | At Milan | CJ 4.24.9 |
| 293, May 19 | At Verona | CJ 6.59.2 |
| 293, autumn | Visits Lugdunum | P. Bastien, Le monnayage de Patelier de Lyon (Paris, 1972), 218 nos. 560–561 |
| 294, Oct. 27 | At Rome? | CJ 9.16.5(6) |
| 295, Mar. 21 | At Milan | Consultatio 5.7 |
| 295, Dec. 21 | At Milan | Frag. Vat. 292 |
| 296, Mar. 31 | At Aquileia | Frag. Vat. 313 |
| 296, summer | On the Rhine | Pan. Lat. 8(5).13.3 |
| 296, autumn | Fighting in Spain | P. Argent. 480, 1 verso 3 |
| 297, Mar. 1 | On campaign in Mauretania | Pan. Lat. 8(5).5.2, cf. ILS 645 (Tubusuctu) |
| 298, Mar. 10 | At Carthage | Frag. Vat. 41, cf. RIC 6.422–426, Carthago 1, 2, 10–28 (FELIX ADVENT AUGG NN) |
| 298? | Expedition to Tripolitania | Corippus, Joh. 1.478 ff., 5.175 ff., 7.530, cf. Pan. Lat. 9(4).21.2 |
| 299? | Goes from Africa to Italy | ILS 646 (Rome) |
| 299? | Enters Rome in triumph | Pan. Lat. 7(6).8.7 |
| 303, Nov.–Dec. | With Diocletian in Rome | Pan. Lat. 6(7).15.4 ff.; Chr. Min. 1.148; Eutropius, Brev. 9.27.2; Jerome, Chronicle 227 (joint triumph) |
| 304, after April 21? | Leaves Rome | Pan. Lat. 7(6).8.8, cf. Passio Sabieni (BHL 7451–54) |
| 304/5, winter | Meets Galerius at an unknown location | Lactantius, Mort. Pers. 18.1 |
| 305, May 1 | Resigns the imperial power at Milan | Eutropius, Brev. 9.27.2; Jerome, Chronicle 228; Zonaras 12.32 |
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