After a lightning bolt killed the Emperor Carus, this son of a scribe and imperial cavalry com- mander wasted no time mustering his legions and seizing power.
After a lightning bolt killed the Emperor Carus, this son of a scribe and imperial cavalry com- mander wasted no time mustering his legions and seizing power. He revitalized the Roman Empire by fighting off outside invaders and improving the legal system. His twenty-one-year reign brought needed political stability after the period before his saw fifty emperors rise and fall in roughly fifty years. He is best known for dividing the empire into a four-part, power-sharing Tetrarchy. Name this Roman emperor, whose doubling of the number of Roman provinces has given him a lasting place in the English language as the root of a word that refers to the territory of a Catholic bishop.
After a lightning bolt killed the Emperor Carus, this son of a scribe and imperial cavalry com- mander wasted no time mustering his legions and seizing power.
Emperor Diocletian