HIS 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tiber, Galerius, Diocletian
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Diocletian (284 305): reconstructed the roman empire after the crisis of the 3rd century. Ruled for 21 years and abdicated for successors of his own choosing (which was unheard of). Restored the empire and its finances with ruthless tax collections. Also he doubled the number of provinces in the empire (by cutting existing ones into smaller provinces). Moreover, he made the military and civil administrator the same person so the military was smaller and not a threat to his rule. Tetrarchy diocletian realized that in order to keep power he had to share power. He began to elevate colleagues like maximianus to co emperor. He made him the ruler of the western part of the empire. Then he promoted two other guys named constantius and galerius. He made them rulers of other parts of the empire. Even though they were all equal in title. The prophet of the religion was mani. the origins in persia.
