Episode CCXXXIV - Dyarchy Plus One (Diocletian II)

Emperors of Rome

La Trobe University

Roman Emire, Rhiannon Evans, Biography, Emperor, La Trobe University, Roman History, Julius Caesar, Rome, Caesar, Ancient History, History, Caillan Davenport, Roman Emperors

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Diocletian and Maximian must be doing something right - keeping the borders of Rome safe, and ruling the Empire in harmony. They even have a catch-up in Milan, worthy of a panegyric. Things would be perfect, if it wasn’t for the revolt of Carausius in Gaul and Britain, who doesn’t want to rule Rome, he just wants to be included in the party.

Part II of Diocletian

Guest:

Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)

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0:00.0	Arveh, and welcome to Emperors of Rome, a Roman history podcast from La Trobe University.
0:11.8	I'm your host, Matt Smith, and with me today is Associate Professor Kalyn Davenport,
0:16.8	head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University.
0:21.1	This is episode CCXXIV. Diarchy plus one.
0:27.8	Diocletian and Maximian must be doing something right,
0:31.5	keeping the borders of Rome safe and ruling the empire in harmony.
0:35.4	They even have time for a catch-up in Milan, worthy of a panegyric.
0:40.2	Things would be perfect if it wasn't for the revolt of Carousius in Gaul and Britain,
0:45.1	who doesn't want to rule Rome, he just wants to be included in the party. Here's Kaelin Davenport.
0:51.6	So the period between 286 and 293, when Diocletian and Maximinar Co-Augusti, is called the Diarchy
1:01.0	by modern scholars.
1:02.8	And this is a term which simply means the rule of two derives from ancient Greek.
1:08.5	And the reason we use this term is because from 293, spoiler alert,
1:15.2	there's going to be four emperors, which modern scholars call the tetraarchy. So we look at this
1:21.0	period in these different stages. Why does the term diarchy come up in this instance, though?
1:26.5	We've had examples earlier of there being two co-emperors, two rulers, Marcus Aurelius and a person
1:34.4	who I can't remember.
1:35.2	Lucius Verus?
1:35.9	Thank you.
1:36.9	Yes.
1:36.9	It's okay.
1:37.6	Justice for Lucius Veris.
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