Galena
a city and county-seat of Jo Daviess co., Ill.; on the Galena river, near its junction with the Mississippi, and on the Illinois Central, the Chicago and Northwestern, and the Burlington and Chicago Great Western railroads; 165 miles W. of Chicago. It has steamer connections with all important river ble, and stone works, foundries, bridgeports, and has numerous smelting, marworks, machine shops, planing mills, and a large trade in farm and dairy products, and live stock. It is noted as an early residence of General Grant and received its name from the numerous lead mines in the vicinity. Among points of interest in the city are its public parks, Grant Park, United States Marine Hospital, Custom House, and the Grant Homestead. The city has an abundant water supply from artesian wells, fine natural drainage, public high school, GALICIA daily and weekly papers, National banks.
Pop. (1919) 4,835; (1920) 4,742.
GALERIUS (-lē'ri-us), or GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS, a Roman emperor; born of humble parentage, near Sardica, Dacia. Entering the imperial army, he rose rapidly to the highest ranks. In 292 Diocletian conferred on him the title of Cæsar, and gave him his daughter in marriage. In 296-297 he conducted a campaign against the Persians, in which he decisively defeated their king, Narses. On the abdication of Diocletian (305) he and Constantius Chlorus became joint rulers of the Ro man empire, Galerius taking the E. half.
When Constantius died in York (306) the troops in Britain and Gaul immediately transferred their allegiance to his son, Constantine (afterward Constantine the Great). Galerius, however, retained possession of the E. till his death. He died in A. D. 311.