Tristan Hughes

Yes.

And he's in Thessalonica, is that area, northern Greece?

I was about to ask, going onto military activity, do we hear much of Diocletian's personal military activity once he becomes an emperor, once he becomes one of the Augusti?

It sounds like then we don't really.

Well, let's focus in on Diocletian, and I think this is where it gets really, really interesting.

His policies and his portrayal.

And if we focus on his portrayal first of all, once he's now divided power between the two Augusti, including himself, and these two Caesars, and they're doing their own stuff in different parts of the empire, how does Diocletian go about portraying himself?

Because you mentioned right near the start that he has a propaganda machine at his disposal.

Where's the concord exactly?

It's that purple material, isn't it?

It's a very striking material, but also one of the most recognisable pieces of sculpture from this time period.

They found the actual foot and they verified it.

Seniority, isn't it?

It is such a striking statue, and I'm really glad we covered that.

I mean, with Diocletian himself, so he's with the propaganda machine, it's this idea of concord and harmony with his fellow rulers.

With Diocletian, of course, he's got very humble, modest origins, doesn't he?

So is there attempts with things like coinage and so on to portray himself as having more legitimacy as ruler?

Do we get more of that?

If we now focus on various administrative achievements of Diocletian, what are, during his rule, if you're also saying that he doesn't really take part in the military sphere during this period, what are some of the big administrative achievements that he oversees during his reign?

He likes divisions, doesn't he?