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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ro1974, post: 3227863, member: 73358&quot;]the term &quot;<b>tetrarchy</b>&quot; (from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Greek</a>: τετραρχία, <i>tetrarchia</i>, &quot;leadership of four [people]&quot;)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrarchy#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrarchy#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[a]</a> describes any form of government where power is divided among four individuals, but in modern usage usually refers to the system instituted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian" rel="nofollow">Diocletian</a> in 293, marking the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century" rel="nofollow">Crisis of the Third Century</a> and the recovery of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Roman Empire</a>. This tetrarchy lasted until c. 313, when mutually destructive conflict eliminated most of the claimants to power, leaving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_I" rel="nofollow">Constantine</a> in control of the western half of the empire, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licinius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licinius" rel="nofollow">Licinius</a> in control of the eastern half.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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