Biography of emperor diocletian
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Diocletian
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, about 245 to about 312) was Roman Emperor from 20 November 284 to 11 May 305. He was born in Dalmatia of poor parents.
Diocletian ended the period known as the Crisis of the Third Century (235–284).
Biography of emperor diocletian
He worked to return Rome to its former glory by making changes in key areas.
Religion: He persecuted Christians, crucifying more than any other emperor. He imposed the traditional polytheistic religion of the Romans.
Economy: Recognizing a gold drain from the western Mediterranean to the east, he tried to stop the inflation of the region by legislation.
This did not work.
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He decreed that coins could only be made of gold or silver, stopping the trend of using lead in their creation. He made the tax system work better.
Military: Diocletian changed the army from the traditional garrison defense.
He put small outposts of soldiers on the border. He got local soldiers from the border regions along the Rhine and Danube rive