Roman Provincial, Macedon, Galeria Valeria (Galerius) Follis

Galeria Valeria was the daughter of Emperor Diocletian and was married to Galerius in 293 AD. Galerius was one of the new Caesars in Diocletian's Tetrarchy.  She played a significant role in the political changes of the time. Galerius named a new province in Pannonia after her as part of the provincial restructuring.

After Galerius died in 311 AD the Eastern Empire was divided between Maximinus Daia and Licinius. Valeria and her mother fled from Licinius and sought refuge with Maximinus Daia. After she refused his marriage proposal she was arrested and banished to Syria. After the death of Maximinus, Licinius ordered the death of Valeria and her mother. After a year of hiding they were recognized by residents in Thessaloniki. Both women were captured and beheaded in the central square of the city (315 AD).

Diocletian: Roman Emperor 284-305 AD. After a successful reign of 21 years Diocletian was the first Roman Emperor to abdicate voluntarily. After 4 years of peaceful retirement in his palace on the Dalmatian coast he died naturally.

Diocletian's reign stabilized the Empire and ended the Crisis of the Third Century by creating a 'Tetrarchy'. The tetrarchic system which he established during his reign collapsed after his retirement and the Roman Empire fell into civil wars.

He secured the eastern borders of the empire and transformed the Roman Empire into a bureaucratic government.