Diocletian

Full name
	Diocles (full name unkent) (frae birth tae accession);; Caesar Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus (as emperor)

**Diocletian**
Diocletian
	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)
Predecessor	Carinus
Successor	Constantius Chlorus an Galerius
Born	c. 22 December 244; Salona (nou Solin, Croatie)
Dee'd	3 December 311 (aged 66); 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
Full name
	Diocles (full name unkent) (frae birth tae accession);; Caesar Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus (as emperor)

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.