Diocletian
Diocletian is a Roman emperor who ruled from 284 to 305 CE, known for ending the Crisis of the Third Century and stabilizing the empire through sweeping administrative, military, and fiscal reforms. He established the Tetrarchy, a power-sharing system with two Augusti and two Caesars, and standardized imperial taxation across the empire. He also initiated the last and largest official persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire before voluntarily abdicating in 305 CE.
“He turns the problem into its own solution. In other words, the problem is too many emperors. There want to be emperors... So what he does is, he deputizes some of his colleagues, people he was on very good terms with from the army.”
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