{"slug": "maximinus-daza", "label": "Maximinus Daza", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_Daza", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189095", "qid": "Q189095", "description": "Roman emperor from 310 to 313", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [305, 313], "span_label": ["305 CE", "313 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "galerius", "label": "Galerius", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "augustus-title", "label": "Augustus (title)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "licinius", "label": "Licinius", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantine-the-great", "label": "Constantine the Great", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maximian", "label": "Maximian", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maxentius", "label": "Maxentius", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bosphorus", "label": "Bosphorus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 305, "year_label": "305 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Constantius I and Galerius are declared Augusti; Flavius Valerius Severus and Maximinus Daza are appointed Caesars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330171757#Roman_Empire", "title": "305", "revid": 1330171757, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 305, "year_label": "305 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Catherine makes a public confession of the Christian gospel at a sacrificial feast ordered by Maximinus Daza at Alexandria. A virgin of royal descent, she is tortured on a spiked wheel (later called the \"Catherine Wheel\") and beheaded; her remains are spirited to Mount Sinai.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330171757#Religion", "title": "305", "revid": 1330171757, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 309, "year_label": "309 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Hormizd II, ruler of the Sassanid Empire, demands that the king of the Ghassanids pays tribute. After the king refuses, Hormizd invades Ghassanid territory. The Ghassanids seek aid from Maximinus Daza, but before a Roman army can arrive, Hormizd defeats the Ghassanid army and kills their king. A Ghassanid force then ambushes Hormizd's small retinue while the latter is on a hunting trip, and the Sasanian king is mortally wounded. He dies after a 7-year reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330161246#Persia", "title": "309", "revid": 1330161246, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 310, "year_label": "310 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Maximinus Daza, caesar under Emperor Galerius, is acclaimed augustus by his troops. Galerius is forced to recognize him as co-ruler of the East. The Roman Empire is thus divided between seven simultaneous emperors: Galerius (East), Maximinus II (East), Licinius (Middle), Constantine I (West), Maximian (West), Maxentius (Italy), and Domitius Alexander (Africa).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349300512#Roman_Empire", "title": "310", "revid": 1349300512, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 311, "year_label": "311 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Maximinus Daza and Licinius divide the Eastern Empire between themselves.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330160941#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 311", "revid": 1330160941, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 312, "year_label": "312 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Maximinus Daza campaigns unsuccessfully against the Armenians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557372#Roman_Empire", "title": "312", "revid": 1369557372, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 313, "year_label": "313 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Maximinus Daza crosses the Bosphorus with an army of 70,000 men and lays siege to Heraclea in Thrace. He captures the city after eight days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330160715#Roman_Empire", "title": "313", "revid": 1330160715, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 313, "year_label": "313 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Roman emperor (b. 270)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330160715#Deaths", "title": "313", "revid": 1330160715, "section": "Deaths"}}]}