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What year did Marcus Aurelius die? |
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Who was Aurelius's less capable son? |
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Who assassinated Commodus and what year did he die? |
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When did the West and East divide? |
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When did Diocletian take the throne? |
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When did Diocletian retire? |
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What was the Praetorian Auction? |
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Commodus's body guards selling the throne |
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Who bid to become the emperor and how much did they offer? |
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1) Sulpicianus - 20,000 sesterces
2) Didius Julianus - 25,000 sesterces (became emperor) |
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What kingdoms did the empire fragment into? |
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Gallic Empire & Palmyra(260-273) |
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To what percentage of silver were coins devalued and in what year did this occur? |
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70% silver in 190 A.D.
5% silver in 270 A.D. |
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Who conquered the 2 broken-away kingdoms, built a wall, and died after 5 years of rule? |
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Where was Diocletian born? |
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What were Diocletian's 4 main solutions? |
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1) Divine Majesty
2) The Tetrarchy
3) Reorganization of map
4) Edict on Maximum Prices |
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How many dioceses and provinces existed under Diocletian? |
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12 dioceses & 100 provinces |
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When was the Edict on Prices? |
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Where were the two western rulers during Diocletian's reign? |
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- Mediolanum (west) - Home of co-Emperor Maximian
- Trier (west) - Home of Constantius 1 , Maximian's Caesar
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Who were the two eastern rulers during Diocletian's reign? |
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- Byzantium & Nicomedia (east) - Home of Emperor Diocletian
- Thessalonica (east) - Home of Galerius, Diocletian's Caesar
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