Compare And Contrast Diocletian And Augustus

After the death of the Roman emperor Philip the Arab, Rome suffered through over three decades of ineffective rulers. A once powerful Roman Empire took substantial hits financially and militarily. All of this would change in 284 A.D. when man named Diocletian rose to power. Soon after taking the throne, Diocletian realized the Roman Empire was far too vast to be ruled by just one person, so in 285 A.D. he split the empire into eastern and western halves. Diocletian named his son-in-law, Maximian, the emperor of the eastern half of Rome and he remained the emperor of the western half. After the split, Diocletian made policies to restore the economy and military. He tried to restore order in the ruined economy by creating national budget that aimed at balancing expenses and revenues, responding to rising prices with an edict that fixed prices on thousands of commodities and services, and responding to soaring interest rates by fixing them to between six and twelve percent.

Thesis: The Greek influence of outstanding culture, gods, and their beautiful art to the Romans’ they took this inspiration on to their own creation. Both ancient build devotion to their gods they would bring the most precious things to them temples, however, they would focus on making large empire to rule and to take control of their city-states.

civilization has had a range of great people; two of the most brilliant and influential leaders were Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. The turning points in history they were involved in were their individual conquests and their unfortunate deaths. Alexander's greatest victory was over the Persians; Caesar's greatest victory was his defeat of Pompey. Their actions and beliefs had their influence on their society and society of today.

Alexander the Great and Augustus are two different individuals from two different time periods and they are both famous for their accomplishments. Alexander is one of the greatest military geniuses who by the age of 33 had conquered most of Asia. Alexander thought of himself as the son of Greek god Zeus. Augustus was the first emperor of Rome who brought peace and stability to the Roman Empire. He was the grandson of the sister of Julius Caesar. His original name was Caius Octavius, but when he was adopted by the Julian gens (44 B.C.) he became Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian). He was named (given the title) Augustus later when he became the First Emperor or Rome by the senate. Augustus was seen as both a military leader as well as a religious leader. In my opinion they were both very important in their time because Alexander for being able to conquer lands all the way to Asia and Augustus for being the first emperor and having a nearly fifty years of peace (Pax Romana). But if I had to choose who was more important I would choose Augustus Caesar.

Rome is a better system than athens because they are more organized they have a little bit more freedom and the education is better. There's better government they have better rights and there's more citizen ship you also don't need as much as athen..

Diocletian was a cavalry officer from the Roman province of Dalmatia. He made some changes to revitalize Rome. When he took over the control, he realized that Rome is a complex state that could not be governed from one place by one centralized bureaucracy. Therefore, he appointed an officer, Maximian as co-emperor, and divided the empire into western and eastern. Diocletian gave Maximian the power to rule western and kept wealthier eastern for himself. They later were concerning of succession, Diocletian and Maximian adopted two trusted generals as sons, and they appointed them as junior emperors which led four men to govern each quarter of the empire. By four people governing the empire, it responded to imperial administration challenges and

Alexander the Great and Augustus Caesar have proven to be two of the worlds best leaders. These men were brilliant and a great influence on their people, bringing great wealth and prosperity to their nation as well as expanding their empires. Alexander and Augustus each came to power at a very young age and ruled in a totalitarian manner, with their main weapon being their military. However, even though they had similarities, each was very different. The following will prove my thesis.

On the 23rd of September 63BC a baby boy was born. Little did his family know that this amazing child was going to be one of the greatest politicians in Rome, he was also going to touch the lives of many Roman Citizens and to be remembered by thousands of people many years after his death. He was to rule an empire that stretched from Spain to Judea. Turn the Mediterranean Sea into a peaceful Roman Lake and was eventually to be worshipped as a god. The future Emperor of Rome was called Gaius Julius Octavious, whom we all know now as Augustus.

Augustus, during his reign as emperor proved effective in ruling through the ideas he implemented to solidify his country. Tacitus stated “nullo adversante” which translates into English “Wholly unopposed” (http://janusquirinus.org/Quotes/QuotesHome.html) this identifies the effectiveness of his reign and the strength he had politically over Rome. Important actions such as the creation of religious and moral reforms, the constitutional agreement and the implementation of the building programme all succeeded in creating stability within the Roman Empire.

In ancient history there have been many great leaders who had saved the Roman Empire from destruction and demise. The leaders and heroes of the Roman Empire are countless, but one leader stands out from all the rest. Augustus Caesar’s contributions to Roman history helped make Rome the dominant empire we know of today. Augustus Caesar was without a question the greatest political leader in the history of the Roman Empire.

At the height of its power, Rome controlled the greatest empire ever seen in Europe at that time. Many of the conquered nations benefited from Rome. Roman public baths, roads, water supplies, all appeared in Western Europe. The sheer size of the empire was a major reason for the collapse of Rome. In AD 284, the Emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in two parts to make it easier to rule. He created the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire, each with its own leader. Diocletian faced more than just administrative problems. More and

Two of the more memorable emperors to the Romans were Augustus Caesar (27 BC to 14 AD), and Caligula (37 AD to 41 AD). Although only having ruled the empire by a separation of 23 years and belonging to the same family (through marriage and adoption), their empires couldn’t have been more different. It is possible to determine the impact of an emperor’s rule based on their many vices and virtues, as well as the choices that they make in relation to them. The author Suetonius expressed in his writings the many vices and virtues that put into perspective the kind of leaders that these emperors appeared as to their polis. As we explore the concept of vices and virtues, as well as what kind of ideals these two rulers represented, we will begin to be presented with a clearer picture of what an ideal emperor would have looked like. A vice can be described as an immoral or wicked behavior; while a virtue can be described as a behavior showing high moral standards. Suetonius and the Roman people had a high interpretation of the concept of virtue and vice, as well as their role in the ruler’s life.

The empire split up into two empires with their own emperors, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire (also called the Byzantine Empire), when Emperor Diocletian felt that the empire was extremely unstable. Despite not having enough money to sustain the division of the Empire into two, Diocletian raised taxes to execute his plans, and that furthermore upset the citizens of Rome. After Diocletian died the two new empires were given to his two sons. The splitting of the Roman Empire was causing more problems at this point, since they were growing apart culturally, for example they started speaking different languages and followed different types of Christianity. So the splitting of the Roman Empire caused the whole empire to fall from within, since there was a lot of conflict between Diocletian and his citizens and the empire started to break apart culturally after Diocletian’s death. Therefore Diocletian mistakenly brought down his own empire by splitting it into

     Two problems facing the late Roman Empire was the instability and non unification caused by inner family civil wars. Rome's rapid expansion, after the Punic Wars, resulted in changes that permanently divided the state. Both Aristocrats and Plebeians wanted total control of Rome and tried to destroy each other. Civil war was the the only way to solve problems in politics. Consequently, the power of the military became strong. Control of Rome's armies changed from the government to the generals because the soldiers began to listen to their generals rather than to the Government. On dismissal from military service, the soldiers had no farms to return to, and they

The king of kings Alexander the Great and Gaius Julius Caesar are considered to this day as some of the most influential rulers and military generals in history. While there’s a distinct difference between their journey to power and background, it’s undeniable that the two leaders share many similar characteristics and the infamous ambition both possess that drives them almost to the brink of obsession in order to achieve their individual goals.