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Thirteen papers, from a symposium held in Split in 2003 (the site of Diocletian's palace), discuss the reign of Diocletian (284-305 AD), the Tetrachy and Diocletian's impact on southern Germany and the Balkans. The interdisciplinary papers, which include historical, documentary, archaeological and architectural studies: discuss the relationship between the emperor and the gods under the Tetrarchy; names and titles; law; the political structure; Christianity in the Danube and Balkan provinces; Dalmatia; the restoration of Diocletian's palace and mausoleum in Split; German 19th-century portraits of Diocletian. An extensive gazetteer of Christian sites in the Danube and Balkan provinces concludes the book. Three papers in English, ten in German.
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"Ein staatsmannisches Genie ersten Ranges," so nannte Theodor Mommsen 1886 Diokletian, jenen Dalmatiner, der es vom Freigelassenen bis zum Kaiser gebracht hatte. Diokletian hat das in der Reichskrise der Soldatenkaiserzeit zerruttete Imperium wieder stabilisiert und sich nach seiner Abdankung 305 in den groartigen Alterspalast Spalato (Split, Kroatien) zuruckgezogen. Wenn er auch mit seiner Nachfolgeregelung, seiner Preiskontrolle und seiner christenfeindlichen Politik keinen dauerhaften Erfolg hatte, so boten doch seine umfassenden Reformen die Voraussetzungen fur Constantin und den Ubergang in die Spatantike.
Die hier vorgelegten Beitrage der 2003 in Split durchgefuhrten internationalen Tagung namhafter Gelehrter aus Deutschland, Grobritannien, Kroatien, Slowenien und der Schweiz prasentieren die Forschungslage zur Tetrarchie, zu ihren politischen, sozialen, okonomischen, ideologischen, religionshistorischen und archaologischen Aspekten sowie zur Rezeption Diokletians bis in die Neuzeit.
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"As a statesman a genius of the first order" was Theodor Mommsen's verdict in 1886 on Diocletian, the Dalmatian whose career took him from a released slave to Emperor. Diocletian stabilised the Imperium after it had been thrown into turmoil in the imperial crisis of the period of military anarchy. After his abdication in 305, he retired to the magnificent palace of Spalato (Split, Croatia) built for his old age. Although his arrangements for the succession, his price controls and his anti-Christian policies were not a lasting success, his comprehensive reforms created the basis for Constantine and the transition to the Late Classical Age.
Renowned scholars from Germany, Great Britain, Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland contributed to an international conference held in Split in 2003. Their papers collected here show the present state of research on the Tetrarchy in its political, social, economic, ideological, historico-religious and archaeological aspects and on the reception of Diocletian up to modern times.
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Renowned scholars from Germany, Great Britain, Croatia, Slovenia and Switzerland contributed to an international conference held in Split in 2003. Their papers collected here show the present state of research on the Tetrarchy in its political, social, economic, ideological, historico-religious and archaeological aspects and on the reception of Diocletian up to modern times.