distinction after he had joined the army, and in 305 he was adopted by his maternal uncle, Galerius , and raised to the rank of caesar , with the government of Syria and Aegyptus . Photo at:http://www.livius.org/a/2/emperors/daia_coin.jpg  http://www.livius.org/  In 308, after the elevation of Licinius to Augustus , Maximinus and Constantine