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Portrait of Diocletian

Rome

Diocletian

Reign
284305
Life
240–316

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Cover of The Roman Emperors

The Roman Emperors

Michael Grant

Diocletian's tetrarchy and administrative revolution, the empire remade before Constantine.

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