Facts about Licinius

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   Diocletian appointed Licinius as Caesar in 308 CE to govern the Balkans and Danube frontier under the tetrarchic system of four co-rulers.

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   Licinius fathered a son named Licinianus with Constantia, whom Constantine later executed around 325 CE to eliminate potential rival claims to the throne.

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   Licinius persecuted Christians in his eastern provinces during the 320s, reversing the religious tolerance he had granted just years earlier under the Edict of Milan.

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   Licinius married Constantia, Constantine's half-sister, in 313 CE to cement their political alliance following the Edict of Milan.

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   Military defeat in 324 CE at the Battle of Chrysopolis cost Licinius his throne when Constantine's forces decisively defeated his army near modern-day Istanbul.

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   Around 320 CE, Licinius debased the Roman currency by reducing silver content in antoninianus coins to approximately 5 percent, causing severe inflation in his eastern provinces.

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   Licinius ruled the eastern Roman Empire from 308 to 324 CE before losing a civil war against Constantine and facing execution.

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   In 313 CE, Licinius and Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, granting religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire and ending Christian persecution.

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