Diokletian und die Tetrarchie: Aspekte einer Zeitenwende (Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies, 1)

by Alexander Demandt (editor), Andreas Goltz (Editor), Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen (Editor)

Thirteen papers, from a symposium held in Split in 2003 (the site of Diocletian's palace), discuss the reign of Diocletian (284-305 AD), the Tetrachy and Diocletian's impact on southern Germany and the Balkans. The interdisciplinary papers, which include historical, documentary, archaeological and architectural discuss the relationship between the emperor and the gods under the Tetrarchy; names and titles; law; the political structure; Christianity in the Danube and Balkan provinces; Dalmatia; the restoration of Diocletian's palace and mausoleum in Split; German 19th-century portraits of Diocletian. An extensive gazetteer of Christian sites in the Danube and Balkan provinces concludes the book. Three papers in English, ten in German.

269 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Alexander Demandt ist ein deutscher Althistoriker, der vor allem über Römische Geschichte und Römische Kulturgeschichte sowie über geschichtstheoretische Themen publiziert. Er lehrte von 1974 bis 2005 als Professor für Alte Geschichte am Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut der Freien Universität Berlin.