Maximinus Daza
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Galerius Valerius Maximinus, born as Daza, was Roman emperor from 310 to 313. He became embroiled in the civil wars of the Tetrarchy between rival claimants for control of the empire, in which he was defeated by Licinius. A committed pagan, he engaged in one of the last persecutions of Christians, before issuing an edict of tolerance near his death.
Coin of Maximinus, with the legend: Maximinus p(ius) f(elix) aug(ustus)
Plaster cast in the Pushkin Museum of a porphyry bust of a tetrarch from Athribis, now in the Cairo Museum. The bust is labelled as Maximinus, but this cannot be confirmed. It probably depicts Galerius instead.
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy
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The civil wars of the Tetrarchy were a series of conflicts between the co-emperors of the Roman Empire, starting from 306 AD with the usurpation of Maxentius and the defeat of Severus to the defeat of Licinius at the hands of Constantine I in 324 AD.
The emperor Diocletian, who established the Tetrarchy.
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge saw the death of Maxentius in 312 AD.