Martinianus


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    MARTINIANVS (Marcus), general of Licinius I, in whose palace he held the post of Magister Officinorum.----He was created Caesar by that prince, after the latter had declared against Constantine I, in A.D. 324.----Martinianus usurped the style and title of Augustus, as appears by his coins, which are in third brass, and most rare, D. N. M. MARTIANVS P. F. AVG.----Two years afterwards he shared the fate of his master, both he and Licinius I, after the two disastrous battles of Adrianopolis and Chalcedon, having been put to death by order of Constantine.

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