The Roman Emperor who quit and the rise of Constantine

History is one long chain of seemingly implausible connections. Today I ask: how did one man's love of gardening condemn an empire to war? This is the story of Diocletian, the civil wars of the Tetrarchy, and the rise of Constantine to the top of the Roman world. Join me for a clash of emperors.

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The bust of Maximian is CC Pierre Selim
The bust of Galerius CC the Canellopoulos Museum
The battle standard of Constantine is CC Dragovit

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