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Diocletianic Era
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Diocletianic Era. The reckoning of time from the year of
Diocletian's accession (AD 284). It is also known as the ‘Era of the Martyrs’.
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DIOCLETIAN, FOUNDER OF A NEW EMPIRE.(Roman emperor who ruled in the third century A. D.)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...new emperor from its own ranks. He was Diocletian, a man of humble origins who had risen...of the 22 Roman emperors who preceded Diocletian had been assassinated or died in battle, Diocletian was determined to alter the system, not...
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The Emperor Diocletian.(short story)(excerpt from 'Apocryphal Stories')
Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...more impressive if its heroine were Diocletian's daughter or some other youthful...reasons of historical accuracy it is Diocletian's sister, an elderly and imposing...But Antonia continued to stand. "Diocletian," she began almost ceremoniously...
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Abdication of the emperor Diocletian: May 1st, 305.(MONTHS PAST)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...army. By 284, approaching forty, Diocletian held senior rank in the force the Emperor...seize power. The soldiers now acclaimed Diocletian as emperor and he drew his sword and...This neatly fulfilled a prediction that Diocletian would become emperor on the day he killed...
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Of Cabbages and Emperors - After twenty-one stressful years as Roman emperor, Diocletian retired to the peaceful gardens of his hometown to grow cabbages.
Magazine article from: World and I; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; "From the palace walls, Diocletian watched his garden in Salonae...When Maximinus' ambassador begged Diocletian to become emperor for a second time...their words capture the spirit of Diocletian's love for cabbages. Historians...
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FLORUS AND DIOCLETIAN: A CRUX IN CHRISTINE DE PIZAN'S LIVRE DU CORPS DE POLICIE.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...that Florus could not have written on Diocletian: Florus' abridgement of Roman history...the second century AD,(3) while Diocletian retired to Salona in AD 304 and died...the fact that there is a reference to Diocletian in the Flores chronicorum, a text which...
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Baths of Diocletian; still in process, a monumental interior renovation. (Rome)
Magazine article from: Interior Design; 6/1/1986; ; 700+ words
; Baths of Diocletian Although many Roman monuments stand...Interior sections of the enormous Baths of Diocletian in Rome have similarly been preserved...the remaining ruins. The Baths of Diocletian were built in 298-306 AD and were...
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The Years Before the Fall: From Commodus to Diocletian.(ancient Roman emperors)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...armed forces. The time from Commodus to Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) was unstable and...more difficult. In the 50 years before Diocletian, more than 20 military emperors rose...economic relief, and military reform. Diocletian's accession to the throne brought...
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In Italy, Soaking Up the Distant Past; Restored Diocletian Baths Provide Time-Worn Place To Refresh One's Spirits
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/23/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and opened to public view--the famed baths of the Emperor Diocletian. The 1,700-year-old bath complex is like a microcosm...all periods are represented. The baths were built during Diocletian's rule around the year A.D. 300 in a densely populated...
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The dilemmas of Diocletian; Croatia's new prime minister.(Jadranka Kosor)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...was he quitting to run in next year's presidential election. It seems instead that Mr Sanader was just fed up--like Diocletian, the Roman emperor who also hailed from Split and retired there to grow cabbages. Croatia is awash with gossip. Vesna Pusic...
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Armani opens Rome retrospective in ancient Baths of Diocletian
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/5/2004; ; 555 words
; ...intent on conquering Rome. For the first time, the city is opening one of its ancient venues, the recently restored Baths of Diocletian, to a fashion exhibit. The show is the Armani Retrospective collection, which leads the viewer through rooms with marble...
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Diocletian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Diocletian Diocletian (245-ca. 313), in full Gaius Aurelius Va lerius Diocletianus...characteristic form of government for the later empire, the Dominate. Diocletian whose name before he became emperor was simply Diocles, was a Dalmatian...
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Diocletian window
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Diocletian window. Semicircular opening (usually a window) subdivided by two plain...into three compartments. Named after its use in the thermae (baths) of Diocletian, Rome (ad 306), its alternative name is a thermal window, commonly...
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Galerius, Emperor of Rome
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...with four joint rulers, was set up by Diocletian (c. 236–316). In this scheme, Diocletian ruled as Augustus with the general Marcus...honor came Galerius's betrothal to Diocletian's daughter, Valeria. Galerius was...
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Galerius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...310, Roman emperor (305-10). Diocletian appointed him caesar for the eastern...over them in 297. On the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian in 305, he and Constantius...Severus was captured, Galerius had Diocletian approve the appointment of Licinius...
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Sebastian, St.
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...personal guard of the Roman emperor Diocletian during the late 200s. While in this...fellow soldiers to Christianity. When Diocletian found out, he had Sebastian shot with...him to stop persecuting Christians. Diocletian ordered that Sebastian be beaten to...
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