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If Diocletian did enter Rome shortly after his accession, he did not stay long; [49] he is attested back in the Balkans by 2 November 285, on campaign against the Sarmatians. [50] Possible head of Diocletian at the National Museum of Serbia. Diocletian replaced the prefect of Rome with his consular colleague
Archaeological excavation is continuing to reveal more remains and many Roman remains are visible: the best-preserved and tallest Roman city walls anywhere, not only in Bulgaria; thermal baths and nymphaeum; an amphitheatre; the barracks of the Roman garrison; the tomb of a wealthy Roman; the foundations of some of the oldest churches in Bulgaria.
The Strata Diocletiana (Latin for "Road of Diocletian") was a fortified road that ran along the eastern desert border, the limes Arabicus, of the Roman Empire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As its name suggests and as it appears on milestones , [ 3 ] it was constructed under Emperor Diocletian (r. 284–305 AD) as part of a wide-ranging fortification drive in ...
Diocletian's Palace far transcends local importance because of its degree of preservation. The Palace is one of the most famous and complete architectural and cultural features on the Croatian Adriatic coast. As the world's most complete remains of a Roman palace, it holds an outstanding place in Mediterranean, European, and world heritage.
Emperor Diocletian (r. 285-305) greatly developed the ceremony surrounding the Roman Emperor; the quasi-republican ideals of Augustus' primus inter pares were abandoned for all but the Tetrarchs themselves. Diocletian took to wearing a gold crown and jewels, and forbade the use of purple cloth to all but the Emperors. [10]
The Baths of Diocletian in Rome with three-light “Diocletian windows” visible. Diocletian windows, also called thermal windows, are large semicircular windows characteristic of the enormous public baths of Ancient Rome. They have been revived on a limited basis by some classical revivalist architects in more modern times.
Diocletian, acclaimed emperor on November 20, 284, was a religious conservative, faithful to the traditional Roman cult. Unlike Aurelian (r. 270–275), Diocletian did not foster any new cult of his own. He preferred the older Olympian gods. [42] Nonetheless, Diocletian did wish to inspire a general religious revival. [43]
The payload capacity of most Roman freighter-ships of the period was in the range of 10,000–20,000 modii (70–140 tonnes) although many of the grain freighters supplying Rome were much larger up 350 tonnes and a few giants which could load 1200 like the Isis which Lucian saw in Athens circa 180 A.D. [263] Thus, a vessel of median capacity of ...