The History of Rome
A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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131- The New Game in Town
With the Tetrarchy in shambles, Diocletian will be called out ...
With the Tetrarchy in shambles, Diocletian will be called out of retirement in 308 AD to help broker a settlement. But the new new order will prove as bad as the old new order.
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130- Lost in Transition
Less than two years after Diocletian's abdication, the Tetrarchy was ...
Less than two years after Diocletian's abdication, the Tetrarchy was left in shambles following the power plays of Constantine and Maxentius.
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129- Abdication
In 305 AD, Diocletian and Maximian voluntarily abdicated the throne, ...
In 305 AD, Diocletian and Maximian voluntarily abdicated the throne, handing power over to Galerius and Constantius.
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128- The Great Persecution
In 303 AD Diocletian initiated the last and greatest of ...
In 303 AD Diocletian initiated the last and greatest of the Christian persecutions.
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127- Commanding The Economy
Rome's economy was in disarray when Diocletian came to power ...
Rome's economy was in disarray when Diocletian came to power and he initiated major overhauls to get the system running again.
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126- All The King's Men
Over the course of his reign Diocletian overhauled the government, ...
Over the course of his reign Diocletian overhauled the government, transforming it into a centralized bureaucracy run by career civil servants.
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125- The Best Defence is a Good Defence
Over the course of his reign Diocletian instituted a number ...
Over the course of his reign Diocletian instituted a number of reforms to the military structure that helped transform the legions into a new kind of army.
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124- The Tetrarchs at War
In the mid-to-late 290s the Imperial Tetrarchy was at war ...
In the mid-to-late 290s the Imperial Tetrarchy was at war on multiple fronts. In the west Constantius undertook the reconquest of Britain, while in the east, Galerius fought a newly hostile Sassanid Empire.
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123- The Tertrarchy
In 293 AD Diocletian and Maximian invited Constantius and Galerius ...
In 293 AD Diocletian and Maximian invited Constantius and Galerius to share in their Imperial burdens, forming what we today call the Tetrarchy.
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122- Jupiter and Hercules
Immediatly after becoming the undisputed Emperor in 285, Diocletian elevated ...
Immediatly after becoming the undisputed Emperor in 285, Diocletian elevated Maximian to serve as his Imperial colleague.
