It was one of a series of letters issued by Licinius to the territory he had conquered from  Maximinus, with the help of his more famous co-emperor.
Although its effects were much more wide-ranging than its original role would suggests, it was at first simply a letter to the Governor of Bithynia. It was one of a series of letters issued by Licinius to the territory he had conquered from  Maximinus, with the help of his more famous co-emperor. Although Galerius had issued a declaration for all religious  creeds, the empire was still used to persecutions of the affected group initiated by Diocletian. This document, though, initiated a period known as the "Peace of the Church," in Christian circles. This was, FTP, what Edict issued by Constantine the Great from the namesake city, ending the persecutions of Christians?
Although its effects were much more wide-ranging than its original role would suggests, it was at first simply a letter to the Governor of Bithynia.
Edict of Milan