DSC07902-Enhanced-NR-20250522: Portrait Head of Emperor Diocletian, 295-300 AD, in the Art Institute of Chicago
A Tourist in Rome - Diocletian
| Birth: | 242-245 AD |
| Death: | 311-312 AD |
| Emperor: | November 20, 284 AD - 305 AD (abdication) |
Diocletian stabilized the empire and ended the Crisis of the Third Century. He split the empire into an eastern and western half, with a different Emperor in each. He ruled the eastern empire, and Maximian ruled the western empire.