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Diocletian (Diocletianus, Gaius Aurelius Valerius) Map of the Roman Empire under the tetrarchy, showing the dioceses and the four tetrarchs’ zones of influence. The long-suffering people of the third-century Roman Empire had the distinct misfortune to live in interesting times. For three centuries before Constantine’s birth, Roman architects, engineers, and soldiers had crisscrossed the known […]

Roman Army at Adrianople Goths That so many – presumably quite innocent – Goths should have been done away with in this fashion emphasizes as nothing else can the scale of the dangers, and also the scale of the confusion. For us, looking back dispassionately and trying to work out what happened, it is easy […]