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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3121562, member: 14873&quot;]Are you referring to the Dyarchy of Diocletian and Maximianus?</p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian (<i>Caius Aurelius Verus Diocletianus</i>) was proclaimed Augustus in AD 284. The following year he appointed <i>Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus</i> (Maximian Herculius), a close military comrade, as his Caesar elevating him to co-Augustus a year later thereby creating a Dyarchy.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 293 Diocletian finalized the Institution of a Tetrarchy -- government of the Empire by four interacting rulers -- two Augusti assisted by two subordinate Caesars, which each Augustus would personally select. The two Caesars, chosen because of their proven leadership abilities, assisted the Augusti with civil administration and command of the armies. <i>Caius Galerius Valerius Maximianus</i> (Galerius Maximian) was chosen by Diocletian to be his Caesar of the East and <i>Flavius Valerius Constantius</i> (Constantius) was chosen by Maximian Herculius be his Caesar of the West. The Empire was divided into four geographical areas of governance: Diocletian and Galerius Maximian maintained their eastern headquarters at Nicomedia and Thessalonica respectively, while Maximian Herculius and Constantius maintained their western headquarters at Milan and Trier respectively.</p><ul> <li>DIOCLETIAN AND THE TETRARCHY, Roger Rees, Edinburgh University Press Ltd, (2004).</li> <li>IN PRAISE OF LATER ROMAN EMPERORS (The Panegyrici Latini), C. E. V. Nixon and Barbara Saylor Rodgers, University of California Press, (1994).</li> <li>GALERIUS AND THE WILL OF DIOCLETIAN, William Lewis Leadbetter, Routledge, New York, (2013).</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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