Roman imperial college of tetrarchs

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The Roman imperial college of tetrarchs was the collective leadership of four co-emperors who jointly ruled the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy system established in the late third century CE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial institution
collective head of state
imperial college
appliesTo Roman Empire NERFINISHED
appliesToTerritory Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Western Roman Empire NERFINISHED
basedOn division of the empire into four administrative regions
capitalOfOneAugustus Mediolanum NERFINISHED
Nicomedia NERFINISHED
capitalOfOneCaesar Sirmium NERFINISHED
Trier NERFINISHED
country Roman Empire
describedBySource Eusebius of Caesarea "Historia Ecclesiastica" NERFINISHED
Lactantius "De Mortibus Persecutorum" NERFINISHED
dissolutionReason civil war among tetrarchs and their heirs
endTime c. 313
early 4th century CE
followedBy Constantinian dynasty NERFINISHED
foundedBy Diocletian NERFINISHED
governmentForm collegial rule
hasMember Constantine the Great NERFINISHED
Constantius Chlorus NERFINISHED
Diocletian NERFINISHED
Galerius NERFINISHED
Licinius NERFINISHED
Maximian NERFINISHED
Maximinus Daia NERFINISHED
Severus II NERFINISHED
hasMemberRole Augustus NERFINISHED
Caesar NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfAugusti 2
hasNumberOfCaesares 2
hasNumberOfMembers 4
hasSymbol porphyry sculpture group of the Tetrarchs in Venice NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity
inception 293
keyEvent abdication of Diocletian in 305
civil wars of the Tetrarchy NERFINISHED
languageOfInstitution Latin
locatedInTime Dominate period of the Roman Empire
partOf Tetrarchy NERFINISHED
purpose defense of the Roman Empire on multiple frontiers
stabilization of imperial succession
religiousContext predominantly pagan Roman Empire
replaces sole emperor system of the Principate
startTime late 3rd century CE

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Edict of Toleration by Galerius issuedBy Roman imperial college of tetrarchs
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire relatedConcept Roman imperial college of tetrarchs
this entity surface form: Imperial college of Roman emperors