Tristan Hughes

Or father and son as well with Valerian and Gallienus.

We've covered that previously, haven't we?

A rule of four.

That's the thing, isn't it?

So who, if he decides he now needs to find two more, I mean, finding that person who's clever but loyal, finding one of those as a Balkan soldier, another Balkan soldier, initially it sounds like it's quite a challenging task.

He's now got to find two more of those.

So how does he go about doing that?

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?