Dynastic Politics in the Age of Diocletian, AD 284-311

Examines the Tetrarchy as an experimental military dynasty Looks at brotherhood, empresses, imperial collegiality, military politics, hereditary succession, and the roles of sons within Roman dynastiesMusters a diverse array of evidence including archaeology, coins, statuary, inscriptions, panegyrics and invectiveEngages with Anglo-American, German, French, Italian and Balkan scholarship In AD 293 the Roman world was plunged into a bold new experiment in government. Four soldiers shared the empi