The empire was fragmented into a large number of administrative districts, so that they were subordinated to the jurisdiction of a larger government center. The division of the empire into four parts led to the transformation of the provincial governments. The emperors postponed their triumphant arrival in Rome, but each adopted a new epithet: Diocletian began to add to his names Jovius (Jupiter), and Maximian – Herculius (Hercules). He managed to defend the old border along the Danube and created another province for Rome. Diocletian moved to Syria to arrange an alliance with Persia when the situation in the East was favorable for Rome, he turned to Europe to protect the Danube from Sarmatian attacks. While Maximian defended Gaul from the Germans, Diocletian was occupied in the east ensuring the security of the borders with Asia and Europe. The emperor did not share it with the Senate he himself was the source of all power, above all laws all inhabitants of the empire, whatever their rank.ĭiocletian employed the help of his old friend Maximian, giving him the title of Caesar, and after the suppression of the peasant uprising in Gaul, the title Augustus, in 286. After the death of Emperor Carinus, the army proclaimed him as the new Emperor.ĭiocletian began a new era in the Roman Empire, from his time, imperial power became not only de facto, but also de jure unlimited, absolute monarchical power (dominant). He started as a simple soldier in military service but quickly advanced through his great career. Roman emperor Diocletian was the grandson of a slave. From his reign began a period in Roman history called the Dominate. After he came to power Diocletian ended the so-called “crisis of the third century”. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus, 245 BC – 313.

Diocletian war of all against all