Croatia: The Man Who Saved The Roman Empire (TRIH ep 260)
284 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the rise, rule and lasting reforms of Diocletian (born Diocles in Salona) against the backdrop of the Roman Empire's third-century crisis. They explain how chaotic conditions and military prominence enabled Illyrian officers like Diocletian to ascend. Diocletian consolidates power through military success (including the eastern settlement culminating in the Treaty of Nisibis, 299), creates the tetrarchy to share imperial duties, restructures provincia...
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- Council of Nicaea (325)
- Edict of Milan (313)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Conversion of Constantine (312)
- Sassanid Empire (224)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Founding of Constantinople (330)
- Reign of Constantine the Great (306)
- Augustine of Hippo (354)
- Classic Maya civilization (250)