How did Diocletian become Roman Emperor? ⚔️ Battle of the Margus, 285 AD

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🚩 Support HistoryMarche on Patreon and get ad-free early access to our videos: https://www.patreon.com/historymarche 🚩 Big thanks to Srpske for their collaboration on this video: https://www.youtube.com/@SrpskeBitke 🚩 Big thanks to Dr. Byron Waldron for his research and writing for this video. If you want to learn more about Diocletian, check out his excellent book: https://amz.run/6cSm 📢 Narrated by David McCallion 📝 Written by Dr.Byron Waldron 🎼 Music: EpidemicSound.com Filmstro 📚 Sources: Ancient works consulted: Aurelius Victor’s Liber de Caesaribus, Epitome de Caesaribus, Eusebius’ Chronicon, Eutropius, Festus’ Breviarium, Historia Augusta, Malalas, Orosius, Peter the Patrician, Zonaras, Zosimus. Ando, C. 2012: Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284: The Critical Century, Edinburgh. Altmayer, K. 2014: Die Herrschaft des Carus, Carinus und Numerianus als Vorläufer der Tetrarchie. Historia Einzelschriften 230, Stuttgart. De Blois, L. 2019: Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD: The Impact of War, London. Dodgeon, M. H. & S. N. C. Lieu. 1991: The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars AD 226-363: A Documentary History, London & New York. Edwell, P. 2021: Rome and Persia at War: Imperial Competition and Contact, 193-363 CE, Oxford & New York. Kovács, P. 2011: The Battle of Margum or Where Emperor Carinus Died?, Acta Musei Napocensis 45-46/I, 2008-2009, 241-252. Potter, D. S. 2014: The Roman Empire at Bay AD 180-395, 2nd ed., Oxford & New York. Rose, C. B. 2021: Reconsidering the Frieze on the Arch of Constantine, JRA 1-36. #rome #documentary #historymarche