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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2885917, member: 19463&quot;]The cool part here is that Diocletian wanted to retire and pass the power to the next generation of rulers (his Caesars).&nbsp; He bullied Maximianus into the idea but Max soon wanted his old job back.&nbsp; The Tetrarchy worked fine while there were four Tetrarchs but things went downhill fast when we had so many guys jockeying for position that we needed to invent titles like Senior Augustus and Filius Augusti.&nbsp; By that time Maximianus could not even get along with his own son Maxentius. </p><p><br /></p><p>Politicians are slow learners.&nbsp; Studying the history of the period turns up examples of trying to fix the too many rulers problem by appointing even more of them (Valens and Martinian come to mind).&nbsp; Constantine came in and executed or otherwise defeated the surplus and left his empire to three sons and a couple nephews.&nbsp; Really?&nbsp; It went so well for Septimius Severus and he only had two sons.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie105" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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