Classical Studies 3490F/G Lecture 6: Classical Studies 3490 Lecture Notes January 28 2019
31 Jan 2019
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Curia: post 283 ce: rebuilt by diocletian. It had a tendency to burn down: diocletian was still concerned that the senate needed a place to meet, their practical importance may have been waning but their ideological important was just as great. Decennalia monument: 303 ce: located in the forum it celebrated the ten year anniversary of the tetrarchy, one column for each of the rulers with a fifth for jupiter, the emperors travelled to rome for this celebration. Baths of diocletian: 306 ce: completed after his retirement, the largest of the imperial baths in rome. Indication that the empire is not on its decline just yet: an indication that the emperors had not completely abandoned rome, open to the public. The tetrarchic provinces: 294 ce: changed the administration of the empire as a whole, 12 dioceses, governed by a vicarius who was an equestrian, the dioceses were divided into about.
