Diocletian
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| Diocletian | |||||
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_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg) Laureate heid o Diocletian | |||||
| 51st Emperor o the Roman Empire | |||||
| Ring |
20 November 284 – Julie 285 (in competeetion wi Carinus) July 285 – 1 Aprile 286 (alone) 1 Aprile 286 – 1 Mey 305 (as Augustus o the east, wi Maximian as Augustus o the wast)[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Carinus | ||||
| Successor | Constantius Chlorus an Galerius | ||||
| Born |
c. 22 December 244[2] Salona (nou Solin, Croatie) | ||||
| Dee'd |
3 December 311 (aged 66)[3] Aspalathos (nou Split, Croatie) | ||||
| Buirial | Diocletian's Palace in Aspalathos. His tomb wis later turned intae a Christian kirk, the Cathedral o St. Domnius, which is still staundin within the palace at Split. | ||||
| Spouse | Prisca | ||||
| Issue | Valeria | ||||
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Diocletian /ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/ (Laitin: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus), born Diocles, (245–311)[3][5] wis a Roman emperor frae 284 tae 305.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Barnes, New Empire, 4.
- ↑ Barnes, New Empire, 30, 46; Bowman, "Diocletian and the First Tetrarchy" (CAH), 68.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barnes, "Lactantius and Constantine", 32–35; Barnes, New Empire, 31–32.
- ↑ Barnes, New Empire, 4. For full imperial titulature, see: Barnes, New Empire, 17–29.
- ↑ New Empire, 30, 46; Bowman, "Diocletian and the First Tetrarchy" (CAH), 68.
