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EPISODE · May 21, 2025 · 20 MIN

Diocletian's Rise - The Pax Romana Podcast 78

from The Pax Romana Podcast · host Professor Colin Elliott

Turmoil resumed following Emperor Aurelian’s assassination in AD 275. Rapidly changing emperors, barbarian invasions and internal strife defined the years 275-284. Within this chaos, Diocles, a low-born Dalmatian soldier, seized power in 284. But instead of joining the long list of warlords that only temporarily won power before falling in civil war, he laid a new foundation for a transformative era in Roman politics.Donate: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WZTWCMWCJJYFC⁠⁠YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfCPE⁠Buy Professor Elliott's newest book:⁠⁠Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World⁠⁠.

Turmoil resumed following Emperor Aurelian’s assassination in AD 275. Rapidly changing emperors, barbarian invasions and internal strife defined the years 275-284. Within this chaos, Diocles, a low-born Dalmatian soldier, seized power in 284. But instead of joining the long list of warlords that only temporarily won power before falling in civil war, he laid a new foundation for a transformative era in Roman politics.Donate: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WZTWCMWCJJYFC⁠⁠YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfCPE⁠Buy Professor Elliott's newest book:⁠⁠Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World⁠⁠.

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Turmoil resumed following Emperor Aurelian’s assassination in AD 275. Rapidly changing emperors, barbarian invasions and internal strife defined the years 275-284. Within this chaos, Diocles, a low-born Dalmatian soldier, seized power in 284. But...

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