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<p>[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 7859397, member: 120820"]Yes, this may have been part of Diocletian's plan for the tetrarchy, but the tetrarchy barely survived Diocletian's retirement in 305 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>By 307 AD we've already got usurpers Constantine, Maxentius and Maximianus, tetrarch Severus II dead at their hands, and Galerius defeated by Maxentius.</p><p><br /></p><p>By 308 AD Galerius's attempt to regroup at Carnuntum is basically laughed at by all concerned:</p><p><br /></p><p>-- Daia immediately starts recognizing newly-denounced Maximianus</p><p>-- Constantine and Daia each ignore their new "FIL AVG" status</p><p>-- Maximianus tries to usurp usurper Constantine</p><p>-- Domitius Alexander succeeds in usurping usurper Maxentius</p><p>-- Galerius's appointed saviour of the western empire, Licinius, just stays home</p><p><br /></p><p>Tetrarchy R.I.P.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point it is every man for himself, and to hell with cookie-cutter portraits![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 7859397, member: 120820"]Yes, this may have been part of Diocletian's plan for the tetrarchy, but the tetrarchy barely survived Diocletian's retirement in 305 AD. By 307 AD we've already got usurpers Constantine, Maxentius and Maximianus, tetrarch Severus II dead at their hands, and Galerius defeated by Maxentius. By 308 AD Galerius's attempt to regroup at Carnuntum is basically laughed at by all concerned: -- Daia immediately starts recognizing newly-denounced Maximianus -- Constantine and Daia each ignore their new "FIL AVG" status -- Maximianus tries to usurp usurper Constantine -- Domitius Alexander succeeds in usurping usurper Maxentius -- Galerius's appointed saviour of the western empire, Licinius, just stays home Tetrarchy R.I.P. At this point it is every man for himself, and to hell with cookie-cutter portraits![/QUOTE]
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