The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine Timothy D. Barnes
Publisher: Harvard University Press

That period began with the reign of Diocletian, passed through Constantine, and ended with Valens. Pagan Rome ended and Papal Rome began with the This persecution, under the Emperor Diocletian, began on the 23rd of February (303 A.D.), that being the day the Roman Terminalia was celebrated, and the cruel pagans boasted that they would finally put a termination to Christianity. Interregnum is a word that refers to the period when the state has no leader – the previous leader has died or lost an election and the new leader has not taken office. It may be But beyond that, the preservation of the Empire and its restoration in a new form, however autocratic, was a colossal achievement, and the fact that it was accomplished by someone who started so low and was raised so high is impressive in itself, to me at least. Barnes, The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine (Cambridge MA, 1982) 7-8, 44, and 83-84. And Constantine (284 A.D - 337 A.D.). Aug 19, 2011 - Adolf Lippold in Der kleine Pauly V (1975) 1592. I'm going to use interregnum in a different way -- to describe the Empire between 280 to 378 A.D. Nov 8, 2011 - Emperor Constantine began to fulfill Bible prophecy when he founded a new capital for the Roman Empire in Constantinople. Dec 8, 2013 - Constantine is sometimes given the credit for the preservation of the Empire, but he merely perpetuated the reforms Diocletian imposed, and didn't obtain power in similarly chaotic circumstances. Mar 18, 2012 - Interregnum - A Pause in the Fall of the Roman Empire.