Maximinus Daia: East

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Establishment

• January 306: The senior Roman emperors jointly abdicated and retired in 305 AD, allowing Constantius and Galerius to be elevated in rank to Augusti. They in turn appointed two new Caesars - Severus in the west under Constantius, and Maximinus Daia in the east under Galerius.

Chronology

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1. Civil wars of the Tetrarchy

Were a series of conflicts between the co-emperors of the Roman Empire (the system of Thetrarchy introduced by Diocletian divided the Roman Empire between two emperors, the augusti, and their junior colleagues and designated successors, the caesares). The war ended with Constantine I as undisputed Emperor.

• January 306: The senior Roman emperors jointly abdicated and retired in 305 AD, allowing Constantius and Galerius to be elevated in rank to Augusti. They in turn appointed two new Caesars - Severus in the west under Constantius, and Maximinus Daia in the east under Galerius.
• January 314: Licinius defeats Maximinus Daia.

2. Roman-Persian Wars

Were a series of Wars between Rome (first the Roman Republic then the Roman Empire and finally the Eastern Roman Empire) and Persia (the Parthian Empire, and then its successor, the Sasanian Empire). The wars were ended by the early Muslim conquests, which led to the fall of the Sasanian Empire and huge territorial losses for the Byzantine Empire.

2.1. Sasanian Campaign of Galerius

Was a military campaign by Roman Emperor Galerius against the Sasanian Empire.

• January 313: Persian king Shapur II invaded Osroene.
• February 313: The Romans conquer Osroene back from the Persians.

Disestablishment

• January 314: Licinius defeats Maximinus Daia.