Tetrarchs

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Roman imperial college political institution of the Roman Empire system of government

The Tetrarchs were the group of four co-emperors who jointly ruled the Roman Empire under Diocletian’s late 3rd-century system of divided imperial authority.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tetrarchy	7
Tetrarchs canonical	1
emperors of the Tetrarchy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman imperial college ⓘ political institution of the Roman Empire ⓘ system of government ⓘ
aimedTo	end the Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ improve defense of frontiers ⓘ stabilize imperial succession ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	Late Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Late Roman Empire
associatedWithReform	Diocletian's price edict ⓘ surface form: Diocletianic reforms military reorganization of the Roman Empire ⓘ reorganization of Roman provinces ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	early 4th century ⓘ
followedBy	Constantinian dynasty ⓘ
governingPrinciple	collegial rule ⓘ division of authority ⓘ hierarchical succession from Caesar to Augustus ⓘ
hasIconicRepresentation	Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs ⓘ
hasIconicRepresentationLocation	St Mark's Basilica ⓘ surface form: St Mark’s Basilica, Venice
hasMember	Constantius Chlorus ⓘ Diocletian ⓘ Galerius ⓘ Maximian ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	4 ⓘ
hasRank	Augustus ⓘ Caesar ⓘ
hasStructure	two Augusti and two Caesars ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Antiquity ⓘ
inception	293 ⓘ
introducedBy	Diocletian ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalSystem	Roman law ⓘ
notableEvent	abdication of Diocletian in 305 ⓘ abdication of Maximian in 305 ⓘ
partOf	Tetrarchy ⓘ
precededBy	Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
religion	Roman paganism ⓘ
seatOfPower	Augusta Treverorum ⓘ Mediolanum ⓘ Nicomedia (traditionally) ⓘ surface form: Nicomedia Sirmium ⓘ
startTime	293 ⓘ
territorialDivision	Balkans and Eastern provinces ⓘ Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Danubian provinces Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire Gaul and Britain ⓘ Italy and Africa ⓘ Western Roman Empire ⓘ