The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Licinius, Gaius Flavius

LICINIUS, Gaius Flavius, Roman emperor: b. Dacia, about 270; d. 324. He was made Augustus by the emperor in 307, and became emperor of Rome after the death of Galerius about 312. He was defeated by his brother-in-law, Constantine, 323, and put to death the year following. His son, Flavius Valerius, declared Cæsar in 317, was slain at Constantinople in 326.