The Empire of the Tetrarchs: Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198149842)

The era of Diocletian and Constantine--when the Christian church passed from persecution to imperial favor--saw far-reaching administrative changes that established the structure of government in the Roman Empire for three hundred years. This was a complex period of cooperation and rivalry between co-emperors, the result of Diocletian's experiment in government by four rulers, the tetrarchs. Drawing together material from a wide variety of sources, Corcoran studies the vast range of documents issued by the emperors and their officials, and assesses how effectively the machinery of government matched imperial ambitions.

Author: Simon Corcoran
ISBN-10: 0198149840
ISBN-13: 9780198149842
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 08/29/1996
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.70w x 1.11d