Editing Galerius (section)

==Death==
[[File:Bust of Galerius, Canellopoulos Museum.jpg|thumb|Head in the [[Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou|Canellopoulos Museum]] – once part of an over life-sized statue, possibly Galerius.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weitzmann |first=Kurt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efLuB7QPDm8C&pg=PA13 |title=Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Ar |date=1977 |publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] |pages=13–14|isbn=9780870991790 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marble portrait of Roman Emperor |url=https://camu.gr/en/item/portraito-tou-aftokratora-galeriou/ |website=Canellopoulos Museum  |quote=}}</ref>]]
Galerius died in late April or early May 311<ref>{{citation | last = Corcoran | first = Simon | title = The empire of the tetrarchs: imperial pronouncements and government, AD 284–324 | page = 187}}</ref> from a horribly gruesome disease described by [[Eusebius]]<ref>Eusebius, ''[[Church History (Eusebius)|Historia Ecclesiae]]'' 352–356</ref> and [[Lactantius]],<ref>Lactantius, ''De Mortibus Persecutorum'' 33</ref> possibly some form of [[Colorectal cancer|bowel cancer]], [[gangrene]] or [[Fournier gangrene]].

Galerius was buried in his [[mausoleum]] at [[Gamzigrad-Romuliana]], which was part of the palace he built at his birthplace, today's [[Zaječar]] in [[Serbia]]. Several lumps composed of corroded iron ring mail (''[[lorica hamata]]'') have been found at the site. This mail armour may have been worn by the wax figure of the emperor that was burned during the imperial funeral and [[Apotheosis#Ancient Rome|apotheosis]] ceremony.<ref>RING MAIL FROM GALERIUS' BURIAL RITE AT GAMZIGRAD (ROMULIANA), ANTE PORTAM AUREAM : STUDIA IN HONOREM PROFESSORIS ALEKSANDAR JOVANOVIĆ, Belgrade 2017, 239–250. MIROSLAV B. VUJOVIĆ.</ref> The entire site has been inscribed into the [[World Heritage List]] in June 2007.