How did Diocletian become Roman Emperor? ⚔️ Battle of the Margus, 285 AD 

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Poor Probus, couldn't catch a break.

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One of my favorite Emperors out there. Surely his farming skills were amazing.

Diocletian is an example that to be successful in war, it is not always necessary to be a good commander, but you also have to be an astute politician and an excellent diplomat, in addition to rewarding the obedience of your subordinates well and knowing when it is necessary show mercy towards opponents.

"I'm the Emperor!" *Stab* "I'm the Emperor!" *Stab* "I'm the Emperor!" *Stab* Repeat for a hundred goddamn years.

‘If you could see the cabbages raised by my hands, you surely would never judge that a temptation.’ Beautiful quote

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"But cabbage farming? Really? A man of your talents?" - Messenger asking him to take the purple again

Probus has to be one of the most under rated Generals and Emperors of the Roman Empire. If he ruled for longer, he’d easily be a Diocleaten, maybe even a Trajan.

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So Diocletian abdicated and basically became the cabbage merchant from Avatar. Romans: "Come back and rule the Roman Empire, sire!" Big D: "My cabbages!"

I wonder if you will cover the civil wars after Diocletian’s abdication such as the rise of Constantine the Great and his later war with Licinius

What I find fascinating is the logistics of it all. I’d love to see a video on how long it takes for the traveling of the armies etc.

You're in the second century of the Roman Empire. You're the Emperor. You're surrounded by your legion and bodyguards with no enemy in sight. You're in danger.

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Probus was a good emperor in every way, he left good memories in all classes, both senate and plebs, for his works and actions, and even those who killed him regretted having done so by erecting a monument in his honor. That has happened very few times in history.

It is just so incredible to think that for all the disasters, assassinations and civil wars that littered the roman empire during the crisis of the third century, the roman empire not only manages to endure and end up with an efficiently ruthless and effective emperor in diocletian, whom would give the empire a new lease of life and stability before the rise of Constantine.

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Great video. Have been waiting for Diocletian… His story is amazing. Great overview of his rise to power. Hope to see more about his reign.

As the writer of both this video and the Aurelian series, I'd like to give some thoughts on Diocletian's qualities as an emperor, as I see his qualities are being debated: (1/10) Incredibly, Diocletian survived the fifty-year series of usurpations and invasions that constituted the core parts of what we call the third-century crisis. Usurpation and military rebellion was incredibly frequent, more so than in any other period of Roman history. A part of the problem was an issue of imperial presence. With multiple, new, strong foreign enemies having emerged (210s: Alemanni; 220s: Sassanids; 230s: Goths; 250s: Franks), the empire witnessed challenges on a scale it had not faced since Republican times. The result was a trial by fire for armies, emperors and the empire as a whole, which had become used to a lower intensity existence. Major defeats were suffered, and towns, strongholds and cities were ravaged. These things undermined the imperial ideology of Victory, a key part of how emperors advertised and demonstrated their legitimacy. In turn, this encouraged support for usurping generals who promised to do a better job on the battlefield and pay closer attention to the army's needs. This development normalized a culture of military rebellion, and a part of this culture was rebellion in the face of imperial absence and perceived neglect. If an emperor wasn't present on a particular frontier, that frontier could rise up in support of a present general. By 293, when the Tetrarchy was created, this was very much still an issue, since Carausius had been ruling as a usurper in Britain since 286.

Anyone who gets the chance should visit the remains Diocletian's palace in Split Croatia. It is really amazing.

Crisis of the 3rd Century is so interesting we know people have appetite for this kind of story. If HBO ever release Rome 2 I hope they put it in this era

Diocletian was definitely one of the best late Roman emperors. He must have been very intelligent also.

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Hi all. I wrote the script for this video. Some notes on the evidence and the reconstruction offered in this video: Information on the battle itself is scarce, and we know that the source record is tainted by Diocletian's propaganda, but we know that Carinus, after initial successes, was abandoned and betrayed by much of his army (who were probably negatively impacted by Diocletianic propaganda and their topographical position), and that those involved in the betrayal included key officers, including likely Aristobulus and Constantius, who were great rewarded after the battle. Aurelius Victor specifically tells us that Aristobulus was rewarded for 'services rendered', and Constantius named his next-born son Dalmatius, probably after the governorship of Dalmatia that we know he held at the time. Carinus was then slain by one or more of his officers for having supposedly slept with their wives. Scholars such as Klaus Altmayer have agonized over reconstructing details of the campaign, including the likelihood that Diocletian suffered one or more initial defeats in Pannonia and retreated eastward. The reconstruction of the battle itself is evidence-based speculation, based to a large extent on C. B. Rose's persuasive argument that the frieze on the Arch of Constantine in Rome depicting the battle of the Milvian Bridge was originally on an Arch of Diocletian and depicted the battle of the Margus. If this is correct, and it probably is, than Carinus, in his pursuit of Diocletian, suddenly found himself facing Diocletian's army with the river Margus right behind his own army, perhaps because Diocletian had conducted a feigned retreat. Moreover, P. Kovacs, while noting the numerous literary references to Carinus' defeat on the Margus, also notes Eusebius' claim that the final battle was actually at Cornacum, where Carinus was killed. He suggests that Carinus, after his defeat at the Margus and in his flight westward, was then killed at Cornacum, perhaps while besieged in the fort. This reconstruction reconciles the claim by sources that Carinus was abandoned by much of his army and defeated at the Margus with the different but related claim by other sources that he was slain by his officers. The script adopts this reconstruction. Some Greek sources claim that Diocletian was dux of Moesia when he seized power, but he probably wasn't dux of Moesia in 284 as he was with the army in Anatolia and in the preceding Persian war, which fits better with the claim by various Latin and Greek sources that he was commander of the household troops. This would have allowed him to jostle for power and possibly allowed him to help cover up the death of Numerian while doing so. As for the claim that he was dux of Moesia, this probably relates to a position he had previously held, probably under Probus (since there is not really enough time for him to have held the position under Carus, and he appears to have followed Carus to the east, as Zonaras tells us that he earned great distinction fighting the Persians).

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Yeah, I went to high school with the Diocletian. Dude was an absolute wild man.

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Diocletian learnt from his predecessors and practiced the art of convincing people that he was the best leader! Great series.

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The third century in the Roman Empore seems to me like the biggest pvp arena in history.

It's a rare emperor that lives to step down and enjoy his retirement! Great video, as usual. ⚔🔥👏

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Diocletian clearly studied his Machiavelli. ;) I'm always impressed with those brilliant commanders who died peacefully in old age, like Diocletian and Timoleon of Corinth.

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He retired in his palace near Salona that is now town center of Split, my hometown

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A bloody end to an extremely difficult century.

Probus,.What a badazz in such unstable Times~

This battle reminds me a little bit about Sekigahara. The battle were Tokugawa took control of Japan in 1600.

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Diocletian has always stuck with me- for years and years I think about his happy retirement in envy,

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It was shown once again with this video that the greatest enemy of Rome was Rome itself. Thanks for the amazing video.

One of the few Roman Emperors that made it to retirement.

That last line confused me. Diocletian seemed like a Littlefinger until he started talking about his cabbages. Great video!

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