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Diocletian and the Tetrarchy

Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
Diocletian wasn't the first emperor to divide the Roman Empire into an eastern and western half. For instance, his predecessor, Carus and sons, Carinus and Numerian(us), had split the Empire, too. However, Diocletian is responsible for the four-part imperial division known as the tetrarchy: