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Diocletian

Diocletian, Roman emperor. This site has 6 entries dated between AD 244 and AD 308 involving Diocletian, listed in chronological order with the Roman date and calendar of each.

  1. December 22 · a.d. XI Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 22 on our calendar
    Diocletian's official birthday (c. AD 244)
  2. November 20 · a.d. XII Kal. Dec. · Julian date · ≈ Nov 20 on our calendar
    Diocletian proclaimed emperor (AD 284)
  3. November 20 · a.d. XII Kal. Dec. · Julian date · ≈ Nov 21 on our calendar
    Diocletian's twentieth anniversary (AD 303)
  4. December 13 · Id. Dec. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 14 on our calendar
    Diocletian rumoured dead (AD 304)
  5. May 1 · Kal. Mai. · Julian date · ≈ May 2 on our calendar
    Diocletian gives up the throne (AD 305)
  6. November 11 · a.d. III Id. Nov. · Julian date · ≈ Nov 12 on our calendar
    Conference of Carnuntum (AD 308)
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)