Diocletian (A.D. 244–311) was a Roman Emperor who successfully stabilized the Roman Empire(27 B.C.) After a period of unrest and competing generals jockeying for power, Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, becomes the first official ... more after nearly collapsing after a period of invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression. Diocletian also led the last, largest, and bloodiest persecution of Christianity in the Roman Empire(27 B.C.) After a period of unrest and competing generals jockeying for power, Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, becomes the first official ... more.
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PEOPLE (see A.D. 244–311)