No more killing on pain of punishment
“No more killing!” he ordered. ‘The prophecy has been fulfilled! No more killing lest we offend the god.”
“Carry the order to the troops ahead,”...
Diocletian showed no mercy to the prostrate city
With missiles raining upon it night and day even Alexandria could not hold out forever against the might of Rome. After some eight months...
Emperor Diocletians headquarters
Of the siege machines, the ballista, the onager and the catapulta the three most commonly used worked in much the same way. For a...
Accusations against the man
To my astonishment, he displayed extraordinary pleasure, and when I asked him why, he replied: ‘Because if you must know, I have heard many...
Exiles cannot share in such pleasures
They might have lost their hands or been mutilated in some other way. Instead, some of them were forcibly shaved and the rest condemned...
Abstain from physical violence
At the time when he was crowned, he made a vow to God that he would never inflict corporal punishment. It was a promise...
