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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Diocletian, Gallienus, Battle of Naissus, Zenobia, Aurelian, Claudius Gothicus, Alexander Severus, Valerian, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Battle of Abrittus, Decius, Battle of Lake Benacus, Marcus Aurelius Probus, Numerian, Gordian I, Philip the Arab, Carinus, Gordian III, Carus, Pupienus and Balbinus, Gallic Empire, Herennius Etruscus, Aemilianus, Trebonianus Gallus, Quintillus, Florianus, Hostilian, Palmyra, Augustan History, Maximinus Thrax, Roman Emperor, Roman usurper, Battle at the Harzhorn, Saloninus, Carausian Revolt, Edict on Maximum Prices, Palmyrene Empire, Odaenathus, Battle of Mediolanum, Proculus, Valerian II, Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus, Barbarous radiate, Volusianus, Cniva, Caecilia Paulina, Vaballathus, Gaius Julius Priscus, Julius Saturninus, Battle of Placentia, Battle of Pavia, Pacatianus, Bonosus, Battle of Fano, Gaius Julius Verus Maximus, Battle of Philippopolis, Battle of Thermopylae, Publius Licinius Egnatius Marinianus, Licinianus, Battle of Chalons, Seius Sallustius, Battle of Vindonissa, Magnia Urbica, Sabinianus, Battle of Lingones, Sulpicia Dryantilla, Aurelian Way, Nigrinian, Taurinus, Macriani. Excerpt: Diocletian (Latin: c. 22 December 244 - 3 December 311), was a Roman Emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become cavalry commander to the Emperor Carus. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed Emperor. The title was also claimed by Carus' other surviving son, Carinus, but Diocletian defeated him in the Battle of the Margus. With his accession to power, Diocletian ended the Crisis of the Third Century. He appointed fellow officer Maximian Augustus his senior co-emperor in 285. He delegated further on 1 March 293, ...
