Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus was probably born in Salona (Dalmatia) in 245 AD. and was originally called Diocles.
He was one of the last great Roman emperors: he tried to save what was left of the Roman empire in a period of bloody fights for power, with endless civil wars between different armed factions one against the other.
He undertook a military career, became Consul and then governor of Moesia and finally commander of the Praetorians at the service of the emperor Carus.
According to legend, he was predicted that he would become emperor if he killed a wild boar, Aper in Latin.
In 284 AD Emperor Carus was assassinated; his son Carinus became emperor of the Roman ...
