Curated playlist
Tetrarchy
- Constantine II (emperor)Roman emperor Constantine II was erased from official records after his death.
- LiciniusLicinius, a peasant's son, co-wrote the Edict of Milan with Constantine. Later Constantine erased his laws.
- Constantius ChlorusThe Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus never heard the name Chlorus. Byzantine-era historians coined it after he died.
- Constantine the GreatConstantine, the first Christian Roman emperor, was baptized only on his deathbed.
- Civil wars of the TetrarchySoldiers at York made Constantine emperor in 306 AD, breaking Rome's four-emperor system.
- DiocletianRetired emperor Diocletian answered a plea to return in 308 by talking about his cabbages.
- GaleriusGalerius, a cattle-herder's son, became a Roman emperor. In 311 he ended the persecution of Christians he had pushed.
- MaximianRoman emperor Maximian retired when ordered to, then came back twice. His last try in 310 began with a false claim.
- MaxentiusEmperor Maxentius ended the persecution of Christians in his lands at least five years before the Edict of Milan.
- TetrarchyTwo Roman emperors retired together on May 1, 305, under Diocletian's Tetrarchy. Its plan soon fell apart.