Diocletian — ܕܝܩܠܝܛܝܢܘܣ
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Diocletian; Diqliṭinos; ܕܝܩܠܝܛܝܢܘܣ; Diocletian the king; C. Aur. Val. Diocletianus 2; Diocletianus; ܕܘܩܠܝܛܝܢܣ; ܕܘܩܠܝܛܝܢܘܣ
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/2261
identifier: http://syriaca.org/johnofephesus/persons/2261
identifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian
identifier: C. Aur. Val. Diocletianus 2
Diocletian ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to his abdication in 305. He stabilised the war-shaken Empire by nominating co-emperors, a system that became known as the Tetrarchy. In the last years of his reign, after 302, he turned against the growing Christian communities. Later authors like John of Ephesus therefore mainly remember him as one of the most cruel and savage Christian persecutors.
floruit: May 303
floruit: 284-305
death: 0316-12-03
male
state: Emperor of Rome
Chronica Minora 3 -- 4
Cowper, Selections from the Syriac. No. 1: The Chronicle of Edessa 11
Jones, et al., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. 1: A.D. 260-395 I 253-54
47; 138 3.1.37; 3.3.12
Diocletianus 2 253-254
253-254
47; 138
47 3.1.37
138 3.3.12