id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2072 Maximinus Daza - Wikipedia .html text/html 2593 397 63 On the death of Galerius in 311, Maximinus divided the Eastern Empire between Licinius and himself. When Licinius and Constantine began to make common cause, Maximinus entered into a secret alliance with the usurper Caesar Maxentius, who controlled Italy. After the victory of Constantine over Maxentius, however, Maximinus wrote to the Praetorian Prefect Sabinus that it was better to "recall our provincials to the worship of the gods rather by exhortations and flatteries".[11] Eventually, on the eve of his clash with Licinius, he accepted Galerius' edict; after being defeated by Licinius, shortly before his death at Tarsus, he issued an edict of tolerance on his own, granting Christians the rights of assembling, of building churches, and the restoration of their confiscated properties.[12] Maximinus was the last Roman emperor, and thus the last individual, to hold the title of pharaoh,[17] making his death the end of a 3,400-year-old office. C. Galerius Valerius Maximinus: Studies in the Politics and Religion of the Roman Empire AD 305–313 (PDF). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2072.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2072.txt