Prisca (empress)

Prisca (empress)

Prisca (died in 315) was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Diocletian.

Biography

Nothing is known of her family background. Although she was a Christian or favorably disposed to Christianity, she was forced to sacrifice to the gods during the Great Persecution of 303. [ [http://www.roman-emperors.org/dioclet.htm Roman Emperors - DIR Diocletian ] ] The faces of Diocletian and his wife can be made out on the busts in the medallions of the frieze inside the Mausoleum of Diocletian (today the Cathedral of Split). [ [http://w3.mrki.info/split/car.html The Emperor Diocletian ] ]

When Diocletian retired to Spalatum in 305, Prisca stayed with her daughter, Galeria Valeria and son-in-law, Galerius in Thessalonica. After Galerius' death in 311, Galeria refused to marry the new emperor, Maximinus Daia. Mother and daughter fled to Syria where they were executed by Licinius in 315.

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