Tristan Hughes

There was fan favourite of the podcast, Dr. David Gwynne, returning to talk through the amazing story of Emperor Diocletian.

He's such a remarkable figure.

It was really interesting to sort fact from fiction regarding his great persecution of Christians and how he remodelled the Roman world in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries AD.

I hope you enjoyed this episode just as much as I did recording it with David.

Thank you for listening.

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It's 480 BC.

The calm waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea are a royal blue, with the Italian coast visible in the distance.

A small ship sails north, carried by a favourable wind and keeping close to the shoreline.