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If you ask the typical sclolar they'll probably tell you that he split the Empire into 2 halves to make it easier to govern and gave power to Junior( Caesar) and Senior (Augustus) emporrers so that each could devote all their attention to a particular region.
They are all WRONG Diocletian did not correct anything. Splitting the Empire caused Rome to be embroiled in civil war for roughly 15 years( as if it wasn't common enough already). What ever you do do not listen to all the Happy Dappy crap about Diocletian halting the decline of the Roman Empire. Diocletian was not just a blunderer but a inhuman monster. in 303 under his reign the first mass exacution of cristians in Europe took place under his order. Far more Christians died this year than in all af the sporratic persecution in the previous centuries. True peace and order was not established until the first christian emporrer took power. So kudos to Constantine.
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Where did Diocletian rule?
He was a Roman emperor but he mostly governed the Eastern half of the empire
In what year did Diocletian become emperor?
he divided the empire because realized the empire was simply to big to be ran by 1 man
When diocletian took power in AD 284 what did he do?
The Roman Emperor Diocletian came to power in 284 AD. He was an army general with a repressive disdain of his 'subjects.' Diocletian ran his government as a general runs an army, giving orders and expecting them to be carried out. He believed that only severe restrictions on personal freedoms could bring order to the empire. By 301 AD, after the conclusion of conflicts with the Germans and the Sassanids, Diocletian needed a new enemy to justify his tyrannical form of government. At the same time, the Emperor declared the economy to be in crisis and implemented astronomical taxation increases. Amongst the people there surfaced a gradual unrest towards Diocletian's economic policy. The Emperor needed a new enemy to regain the support of his pseudo-slaves. After the earlier successful persecution of the Manichaeans, Diocletian slowly turned his head in the direction of the Christians, and his thumb was pointing down. This, despite the fact that he had largely ignored them for the past 15 years. Across the empire, Christians made up around ten percent of the population -- their number having doubled in about fifty years. Two kings had been converted: the king of Osroene in north eastern Mesopotamia and the king of Armenia. Christians were serving in Rome's armies, and they were working as civil servants in local government or in lowly positions on the imperial staff. Diocletian could see his scapegoat. In the autumn of 302 AD Diocletian visited Antioch in Syria for an official engagement. Prior to this of course, there had to take place the customary Pagan sacrifice. But you see this time there was a problem. As the bloodletting ritual began, there came the vocal denouncements of the on looking Christians. Many made cross signs to ward off the evil influence of the sacrifice. Prominent amongst these brave dissenters was a Christian named Romanus. Diocletian fumed. " . . . In the first, while Diocletian was sacrificing in public, the chief interpreter of the victims' organs reported that he could not read the future in them because of the hostile influence of Christians standing around. Diocletian burst into a rage, insisting that all in his court should offer sacrifice, and sent out orders to his army to follow suit." (Ramsey MacMullen, Constantine, p.24).
Who was the ruler who divided the roman empire in half?
The Emperor Theodosius I at his death in 395. There had been earlier periods of partition, but henceforth there would be two Empires until the end of the Western Empire in 476. The Eastern Empire survived (as what we generally call the Byzantine Empire) until 1453.
What was Diocletian best known for?
For his reforms. His most famous action was when he split the Roman Empire in to halves. The West Roman Empire (fell in 476 AD) and the East Roman Empire , later the Byzantine Empire (fell in 1453 AD).
What year was Diocletian in?
Diocletian was emperor from 284-305
When was the Reign of Diocletian?
284-305
Who was the Roman Emperor in AD 284?
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When did emperor Diocletian rule?
284 AD
How long was Diocletian's rule?
Diocletian ruled from 20 November 284 to 1 May 305
Which emperor came to power in ad 284?
Diocletian
When Diocletian took power in AD.. 284 he did what?
intruduced reform
What was the power of the emperor in 300.?
Diocletian was emperor for 284 to 305
How long did diocletian rule?
Diocletian was proclaimed emperor in 284 and abdicated in 305. Therefore, his reign lasted 21 years.
Diocletian tried to restore order to the empire during his reign from AD 284?
305
Who was the emperor of Rome in 324 AD?
Constantine.
Who introduced reforms in A.D. 284?
Your question is rather vague. If you are referring to the Romans, it was the emperor Diocletian.
