Diocletian

o Diocletian (full name was Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) was born at around 236-237 BCE on the Dalmatian coast, but some historians say he was born at Salona. o Unfortunately, not much is known about Diocletian’s early life. He was originally named Diocles. Diocletian had a father who worked as a scribe, but other historians claim Diocletian’s father was a slave who was released by a senator. o Additionally, Diocletian did not have that much of an education; he received education that

Diocletian, or Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus in Latin, was one of the greatest of the long list of Roman emperors. He began his journey through the ranks of the army to become a general under a succession of short lived emperors. Diocletian is well know today for his persecution of Christians. The persecution was long and harmful but later was ended after several were passed to end the persecution. Diocletian is also influential in Church history in many ways. Diocletian was one of the early

Prior to the conversion of Christianity in the Roman Empire, Emperor Diocletian persecuted Christians for eight years (284 – 305 CE). With the rise of Christianity, he believed the Roman Church was a direct threat to his own authority by convening the worship of God as first priority over the emperor. Diocletian restricted the worship of Christianity restricted the worship of Christianity. Followers of the faith, if caught, were persecuted by means of crucifixion, fed to the lions in the Coliseum

Diocletian understood that ruling over a major political entity like the Roman Empire was too difficult for one ruler. This lead to the first major political reform of the Roman Empire. Diocletian’s solution to this problem was the tetrarchy. Diocletian divide the empire into 4 territories that were all ruled by a separate leader. The tetrarchy was to help bring the empire back to the ways of the “Good Emperors” where the succession of power was peaceful. Diocletian wanted the Emperors to select

Helena which some sources claim was an innkeeper's daughter. He spent his early life among the court of Diocletian a roman emperor in the eastern part of the empire. There he learned latin and greek and was also exposed to pagan as well as christian religion. There is also some speculation that his mother was a christian and that she provided sympathy for the christian persecution by emperor Diocletian. Under his reign christians had their property seized and many were killed. It is said that Constantine

"Discuss the reforms of Diocletian. What were they, why did he think they were necessary, what impact long and short range." Be sure to include comments regarding dominate, tetrarchy (not year of 4 emperors), edict of Prices (Bailkey Lim) and Xp (Christians). Diocletian affects greatly the modern world. End of antiquity was around 9th century. Diocletian brought an end to the period popularly known to historians as the "Crisis of the Third Century" (235–284). He established an autocratic government

Shannon Mulstay Jeffery Cahan Creative Non-Fiction Research Paper November 29, 2015 Constantine: A Vision or a Politic Strategy? When one looks into ancient history from a purely scholarly standpoint, where would Christianity be if the Romans had never interfered? Their internal issues with an empire divided over power, religion and commerce would eventually lead to its downfall. One of the greatest military machines, Rome was interspersed with the need to conquer and the power struggles between

From 284 A.D. to 305 A.D., Emperor Diocletian held power. During his reign he restored and reorganized an empire in anarchy, and through his leadership, the Roman Empire was stabilized, and the ancient virtues were reestablished. Although his administration was marred with the persecution of the Christians, ultimately his time in office brought much needed help to Rome. Born in 245 in the region of Dalmatia, little is known about Diocletian’s roots. Early documents speculate that he was of humble

The Conversion of Constantine Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. He started his reign in 306 AD. During this time the Roman Empire was still composed mainly of pagans. Although the population of Christians was on the rise, in the beginning of the fourth century Christians made up only 10 percent of the population in the Roman Empire. There were approximately five million Christian in the Roman Empire meaning that they were still the minority (Waldron). His conversion

When Diocletian came to power in 284 his aim was to return the empire back to stability and prosperity after the crisis that had plagued the third century. External pressures, such as the threat of barbarian invasion, worsened internal tensions such as economic depressions, civil war and an unstable administrative structure due to the growing influence and power of the army. Diocletian evidently saw the external threats of invasion and civil wars as the biggest threat to the stability of the empire