Synopsis: Part 1 of a two-part Spotlight series on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Galerius: refugee, herdsman, soldier, Caesar, Augustus, Tetrarch, conqueror, schemer, would-be ruler of the (Dacian?) Empire, and persecutor of the Christians. A rollicking Third Century romp inspired by my current residence in his former tetrarchal capital of Thessaloniki, Greece.“Galerius…(was) trained to arms in the severe school of Aurelian and Probus.” – Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire“In this wild beast there dwelt a native barbarity and a savageness foreign to Roman blood; and no wonder, for his mother was born beyond the Danube.” – Lactantius, On the Deaths of the PersecutorsEpisode Images:<a href="https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/S7_Images.pdf">https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/S7_Images.pdf</a>References and Further Reading:<a href="https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/S7_References.pdf">https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/S7_References.pdf</a>Please contact <a href="mailto:advertising@airwavemedia.com">advertising@airwavemedia.com</a> if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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