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A truly incredible secret tunnel has just been discovered under Diocletian's Palace in the very heart of Split.
When you hear Diocletian's Palace, you might picture a castle with halls to tour and works of art to enjoy, but you'd be mistaken. Back in the fourth century, this palace was created as a fortress ...
Splitting up an empire purposefully isn’t common in the annals of world history, but Diocletian recognized that the Roman Empire was simply too big to rule effectively as one person.So, he ...
Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...
The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of ...
On the 23rd of February, 303, Diocletian initiated the Roman Empire's single greatest attempt to crush Christianity. Earlier persecutions had been brutal, but sporadic and localized.
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare type of artifact that sheds light on the governance of the Roman Empire. ... This was a system of government established by Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 293 ...
“Diocletian ruled from 284 to 305 and his Great Persecution began late in his term of office in the year 303. It was considered the last and worst of the Roman persecutions of Christians. Its ...
In 301 A.D., the Emperor Diocletian made a bold but ultimately unsuccessful bid to address the inflation that was rampaging across the eastern half of the divided Roman Empire.