ch30 Flashcards
Diocletian rises
284
theodosius dies
395
death of carinus
285
cavalry commander under gallienus in moesia
diocletion
diocletion’s first act
appointing maximian caesar of the west(gaul)
bacaudae
peasent rebellion in gaul put down by maximian lead to him being elevated to augustus in 286
gesoriacum
naval base in bononia founded by maximian and commanded by m. aurelius carausius
carausius
commander under maximian, rebelled becoming a pirate king and emporer of the north
287 ad- diocletion
successful negotiations with
the Persian King Bahram (Vahram, Varahan,Varanes) II (276–293) obtained Persian re-
nunciation of claims to Roman Mesopotamia and recognition of Rome’s ally Tiridates “III”
(261–317) as the legitimate king of Armenia.
duration of tetrarchy
293-312
diocletion’s ceaser
gaius gallerius
maximian’s ceaser
constantius chlorus(great’s dad, pale face)
intermarriages
valeria+galerius
theodora+constantius
maxintius valeria maxamillia
valeria
dio daughter
theodora
maximian’ daughter
valeria maximilla
galerius daughter
maximian’s regions
upper rhine upper danube and a little italy
constantius chlorus’ regions
middle/lower rhine, gaul, later brittan
galerius’ regions
from 293-296 gaurded palastine egypt and euphrates from antioch then from 299-311 thessalonica lower danube balkins and macedonia/thrace
diocletion’s regions
mostly asia minor and middle/ lower danube then from 299-302 asia minor teh levant and egypt
constantius vs carausius
the former captured geseriacum and defeated german allies of teh latter then the latter was assasinated by his allies in 293 leading to roman rule restporing by 296
constantius in 298
beats alemanni thus fortifing the rhine region
narses
(293–302),
overthrew Bahram II and began to subvert the
treaty of 287. He also promoted the religious be-
liefs of the Manichees (p. 398), whose missionary
activities raised Roman suspicions.
galerius + diocletion vs narses
war starts in 296 after narses drives off tiridated 3 diocletion won a victory early in the war(possible 297) Galerius gets reenforcemets with valeria and then wins teh war
belemmyes
raided egypt until galerius stoped them around 295,294
Domitius Domitianus
and Aurelius Achilleus’ revolt
in egypt because taxes diocleation puts it down after 8 month seige of alexandria in 297
jovius
diovleation’s title
herculius
maximinian
Sacred Consistory (sacrum consis-
torium)
imperian consilium uner diocleation
diocese
the 12 administrative districts supervising governers lead by a vicar
who divided italy into 12 proivences
diocletion
provinces before and after diocleation
40 to 105
supervised vicars
prefects ruling over prefectures
military provincial leader
dukes
diocletion military size changes
400,000 to 500,000
legion size in diocletion
5500
constantius hq
trier
maximian hq
milan
galerius hq
sirmium
diocletion’s hq
nicomedia
comitatis
personal gaurd of the tetrarch
diolction’s silver coin
introduced 293
edict on maximum prices
diocletion passed it in 301, bad idea if you overcharge you die
diocletion vs christians
started in 299 after a 40 year truce between pagans and christians started by gallerius
prisca
christian wife of diocletion
the 4 anti christan edicts
the first lead to a fire in the imperial palace and rebellion in syria the next two responded to that and the final was a poer grab by gallerius
diocletion’s abdication
may 1st 305 at the same time as maximian
the augusti after dicletion and maximian
daia and severus
dio’s retirement plan
go to split his wife and daughter stay in politics
asclepiodotus
pp under constantius defeated allectus
allectus
killed carausius, was killed by asclepiodotus
