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Episode 2 - Diocletian

12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire by Anders Brownworth

Aug 9, 200520:06Society & Culture

The Emperor Diocletian was to erase civil war within Byzantium for the next thousand years but walked away from it all to become a cabbage farmer. Who was this military man and how could he just give it all up? Join Lars...

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Episode 2 - Diocletian is an episode from 12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire by Anders Brownworth. The Emperor Diocletian was to erase civil war within Byzantium for the next thousand years but walked away from it all...

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Published Aug 9, 2005, 20:06 long, audio available.

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The Emperor Diocletian was to erase civil war within Byzantium for the next thousand years but walked away from it all to become a cabbage farmer. Who was this military man and how could he just give it all up? Join Lars Brownworth as the story of Byzantium's first great emperor unfolds.

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Published Aug 9, 2005 and 20:06 long