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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.\n\u201cGalerius\u2026(was) trained to arms in the severe school of Aurelian and Probus.\u201d \u2013 Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire\n\u201cIn 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.\u201d \u2013 Lactantius, On the Deaths of the Persecutors\nEpisode Images:\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/S7_Images.pdf\nReferences and Further Reading:\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/S7_References.pdf\nPlease contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices