During the late third century, the Roman Emperor Diocletian divided the vast empire into two halves to make it easier to ...

When you hear Diocletian's Palace, you might picture a castle with halls to tour and works of art to enjoy, but you'd be mistaken. Back in the fourth century, this palace was created as a fortress ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and American archaeologists have uncovered a rare late-Roman-era boundary stone with a Greek inscription, dating back approximately 1,720 years, the Hebrew ...

Diocletian’s edict highlights the deep outrage he and and his imperial colleagues felt at the rampant inflation that had engulfed the Roman empire for much of the third century. Inflation eroded ...

And then I think about it – why I had to leave. I was a soldier in the service of the Emperor Diocletian – ruler of the Roman Empire. I was so proud. I admired the Emperor. He was a strong man.

Santa Lucía festivals wrapped up Friday in El Salvador. The early 4th century saint is said to have pulled out her own eyes during the Diocletian persecution — the last and worst pogrom of the soon-to ...