Editing Galerius (section)

==Anti-Roman accusations==
According to [[Lactantius]], a Christian and adviser to Constantine, Galerius affirmed his Dacian identity and avowed himself the enemy of the Roman name once made emperor, even proposing that the empire should be called, not the Roman, but the Dacian Empire, much to the horror of the patricians and senators. Lactantius further states that Galerius exhibited anti-Roman attitude as soon as he had attained the highest power, treating the Roman citizens with ruthless cruelty, like the conquerors treated the conquered, all in the name of the same treatment that the victorious [[Trajan]] had applied to the [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|conquered Dacians]], forefathers of Galerius, two centuries before.<ref>Lactantius, ''De Mortibus Persecutorum'' 23</ref>