Maximian Collection

Bishop Maximianus - Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna
Detail - The face of Bishop Maximianus (Maximian) of Ravenna (499556) from the impressive Byzantine mosaic of Emperor Justinian I and his suite, at the Basilica San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna

Five-story funeral pyre for a Roman Emperor in Rome
Five-story funeral pyre for a Roman Emperor in flames, Rome. The pyramid is decorated with garlands and statues, crowned with a figure on a quadriga, four-horse chariot

Portrait of Roman Emperor Maximian
Roman Emperor Maximian, 250-310. Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht

Portrait of Roman Emperor Diocletian
Roman Emperor Diocletian, 244-311. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus or Diocles. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma

Reliquary casket of Saint Cucuphas. Wooden gilded silver. 14th Century. Detail. Saint Cucuphas martyred over a grill before Maximian. Ca. 1303. From Church of Monestir of St. Cugat. Diocesan Museum

Saint Susanna (Mono)
The virginal saint Susanna (? - 295) refused to wed the emperor Diocletians son in law Maximian, so he had her head cut off, and her fathers (a priest) while he was about it

Saint Susanna (? - 295) refused to marry the emperor Diocletians son in law Maximian, so he had her head cut off, and her fathers (he was a priest) for good measure

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