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If Diocletian did enter Rome shortly after his accession, he did not stay long; [49] he is attested back in the Balkans by 2 November 285, on campaign against the Sarmatians. [50] Possible head of Diocletian at the National Museum of Serbia. Diocletian replaced the prefect of Rome with his consular colleague Bassus.
The persecution failed to check the rise of the Church. By 324, Constantine was sole ruler of the empire, and Christianity had become his favored religion. Although the persecution resulted in death, torture, imprisonment, or dislocation for many Christians, most of the empire's Christians avoided punishment.
Having obtained power, in November 285 Diocletian appointed as his deputy a valiant officer, Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, whom a few months later he elevated to the rank of augustus (April 1, 286): he thus formed a diarchy, in which the two emperors divided on a geographical basis the government of the empire and the responsibility for ...
Edict on Maximum Prices. The Edict on Maximum Prices (Latin: Edictum de Pretiis Rerum Venalium, "Edict Concerning the Sale Price of Goods"; also known as the Edict on Prices or the Edict of Diocletian) was issued in 301 AD by Diocletian. The document denounces greed and sets maximum prices and wages for all important articles and services.
The brainchild of NBC president Pat Weaver, TODAY was conceived back in the early 1950s as a two-hour morning TV show that would be both entertaining and informative. Though he'd settled on the ...
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC.The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after 72 years of broadcasting it is fifth on the list of longest-running United States television serie
The history of Christianity began with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who was crucified and died c. AD 30–33 in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. Afterwards, his followers, a set of apocalyptic Jews, proclaimed him risen from the dead.
t. e. The Tetrarchy was the system instituted by Roman emperor Diocletian in 293 AD to govern the ancient Roman Empire by dividing it between two emperors, the augusti, and their junior colleagues and designated successors, the caesares. Initially Diocletian chose Maximian as his caesar in 285, raising him to co- augustus the following year ...