Diocletian

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/14971

Roman emperor (284-305)

Names

  • Latin: Diocletianus 1
  • Syriac: ܕܝܘܩܠܝܛܝܢܘܣ = DYWQLYṬYΝWS 2

Attributes

  • Male
  • Floruit: 284-305

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion1 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Diocletianus: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), II 5. [Latin].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 122 [Syriac].
    • Diocletianus: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 201-205, 239, 240, 242, 256, 289; II, 307 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Diocletian” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14971.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Margaret Gaida: abstract and gender assignment and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Laurel Kenner: birth/death/floruit dates entry and Wikipedia matching
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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