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Diocletian, one of the most transformational emperors in Roman history, retired several years before he died, living to see many of the structural changes he'd made undone; how was he able to safely retire (no emperor had before), and how did he react to the events that unfolded after he did?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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