CLCV 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Crisis Of The Third Century, Romulus Augustulus, Diocletian
21 Mar 2016
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Diocletian: becomes emperor and 3rd century crisis ends, creates a tetrarchy, because he believed the empire was too big, tetrarchy: rule of 4, (4 simultaneous empires) - (285 -312. Ce: 2 augusti (diocletian controlled east, maximian controlled. West: 2 caesari - junior emperors that will succeed the augusti when they die (constantius 1 and galerius) Eventually, diocletian and maximian retire: constantine (son of constantius) vs maxentius (son of maximian) happens, constantine is elected augusti after constantius dies, maxentius wants augusti position as well, so he gets it after. Galerius dies: constantine and maxentius dont want to divide power, they wanna rule by themselves, constantine owns maxentius, remains emperor for 30 years (306 - 337 ce) Mid-late 4th century - 5th century ce: the eastern roman empire has had many christian emperors since constantine, theodosius i (379 - 395 ce) = last emperor to rule both the.
