The History of the World Podcast, written and presented by Chris Hasler.

Welcome to the History of the World Podcast magazine. Oh, no, no. Hello everyone. Welcome to the History of the World Podcast magazine and at long last we bring you the

conclusion of the Ds so let me explain what that means So during our History of the World Podcast magazine

episodes what we're actually doing we're going back over history and looking at

the History A to Z and we're picking out moments in the history of the world

podcast's six-year history where we've discussed things that begin with the

letter in question today it's the letter D. Back in July we started the series on the letter

D and we just need to conclude it today so today what you'll be listening to is

excerpts from History of the World

Podcast episodes that have already been published on subjects that begin with the

letter D. Now we start off this week's revisit back with the D that is

Diocletian and in the anglicize where we call it diocletian probably in the Latin world it might have been more closely called the ecletion

But let's go back to a previous episode back in volume 3 where we discussed this

Roman Emperor Diocletian also known as G Gaius Alrelius Valerius de Eccletianus, was a Roman emperor who reigned

from 284 until his abdication in 305.

Diocletian's autocratic style and bureaucratic government

left a lasting impact on the Roman Empire.

Something really needed to be radically changed

to prevent the Roman Empire from collapsing

under the weight of its own dysfunctionalities.

So it would fall onto the shoulders of a man called Diocles, who originated from the Roman

province of Dalmatia.

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