Emperor Diocletian tried to bring order by distributing power to a four-ruler tetrarchy that would govern the four quarters of the empire. Constantine’s father, Constantius I, was one of the rulers.

A little odd, considering Diocletian lived 1700 years ago. But the Roman emperor’s palace is actually one of history’s great recycling success stories—not to mention one of the world’s ...

The Most Rev. Michael J. Sis, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, says the most brutal emperors were Nero, Decius and Diocletian and that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is one of the ...

Since the subject of inflation under Emperor Diocletian won’t seem to stop dogging Paul Krugman, I thought I might try to bring a little information to the table following Prόdromos-Ioánnis ...

The language is different but this edict on maximum prices, issued in 301 CE by Roman emperor Diocletian, reflects a feeling ...

Originally marking land borders under Roman Emperor Diocletian's tax reforms, the stone provides insight into ancient land ownership, local settlement patterns, and imperial administrative practices.

the Emperor Diocletian’s Christian wife and daughter openly attended a pagan state sacrifice—a public demonstration of their own commitment to religious pluralism. Neither woman was arrested ...

The artifact has also provided new insights into the relationship between the local population and Emperor Diocletian, possibly confirming some challenges described in the Jerusalem Talmud ...

Bede writes: "This pious request was quickly granted, and the Britons received the Faith and held it peacefully in all its purity and fullness until the time of the Emperor Diocletian." ...

Alex Crevar is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to New York Times Travel. He has lived in and covered Croatia for 20 years. It’s easy to fall for Split, Croatia’s largest seaside ...