Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2320445, member: 14873&quot;]<b>I</b>n 285 Diocletian appointed Maximian (<i>Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus</i>), a close friend and a renowned General like himself, as his Caesar elevating him to co-Augustus the following year. Diocletian subsequently divided the Empire geographically with himself as Augustus of the East and Maximian as Augustus of the West, thereby instituting a Dyarchy. Diocletian emphasized his status as Senior Augustus by adopting <i>Jovius</i> as his Protector-God and assigning <i>Herculius</i> to Maximian. Diocletian established his headquarters at Nicomedia and Maximian established his at Milan.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The accompanying image is an enlarged photograph of the obverse of a reformed aes follis (RIC VI, Londinium, Maximian Herculius, No. 6b).</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon6bo1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>James[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in