Carus, the Roman Emperor Struck by Lightning, and Whose Death Was Seized Upon by the Son of a Freedman Named Diocles to Seize Power (opens in new tab)

Diocletian has gone down in History as one of the most important Roman emperors for the political, economic, military, and administrative reorganization he implemented, which allowed the Crisis of the Third Century to be overcome and left the empire stable and secure. No one would have imagined it then, considering that in the two years […]