260. Croatia: The Man Who Saved The Roman Empire

"In conditions of chaos, people from outside the Roman social elite can rise to the top."
Join Tom and Dominic for their World Cup episode on Croatia, where they discuss the extraordinary life of the Emperor Diocletian. They talk about the Crisis of the Third Century, the Roman 'sidebar of shame', crisis in Gaul, Roman Brexit, foundations of the Byzantine Empire, and the best fact Dominic has heard in the World Cup series so far...
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[@sushidawgz]

Marvelous episode. I love the explanation for the origins of the word traitor.

[@watcherofthewest8597]

Great podcast!

[@michellek2161]

ditto!

[@d.c.8828]

I would like a deeper dive on Croatia proper.... 🇭🇷

[@ionutpaun9828]

Excellent episode. I think there is a mistake at the end: Constantine was the son of Constantius, not his brother.

[@joejohnson6327]

My grandma is Croatian & she thinks that Diocletian, the guy responsible for the largest & bloodiest official persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, was a good Croatian Catholic boy. 😹

[@ivanjelenic5627]

Great episode! Thanks!

[@sohara....]

16:49 "people who come up against Diocletian - they all seem to come to *_grisly ends!_* ..." True of Alexander the Macedonian in his last years too 🙈🙀😞 Even Aristotle's nephew got the chop! (They were outspoken in ancient Greece! ) Incidentally, I don't see the Alexander podcast on KZbin. Am wondering if its here, somewhere ... lurking.

[@nomorephones]

Going deep, going hard 😀

[@charlesfrith]

Legends 👍

[@user-kk5kr5ys6i]

About the Emperor Diocletian, late Roman Emperor.

[@carveraugustus3840]

Yes love the late Empire, real shit show.

[@ciano9535]

Shoulda done Auralian he actually saved it from collapse diocletian just kept it going after

[@MrLoverboy29]

As a Croatian, I wished this was more to do with Croatia. The episode was informative but for this to be what you chose to talk about is a bit concerning

[@edwardzizic7218]

I'm Croatian, and my family is from Solin...family house is still in Solin. Accurate description of history, pre establishment of the Croatian Kingdom.

[@edwardzizic7218]

And my 88 yr old man still loves growing cabbage....he emigrated to Sydney, Australia back in 1966

[@AB-yx4tr]

I wonder how Historians can resemble Croatians and Serbs with Roman Time.They know that they came in 4 Century. If the Illyicum Soldiers had an Ethnicity they are Albanians 🇦🇱, but British have a little bit Rasist Opinion about them

[@vincentrabbit8497]

THE CROATIAN SHIELD ALWAYS SAVE THE WESTERN WORLD

[@Terinije]

To be fair, people back then really didn't have a firm grasp of economics. That's a much more modern thing.

[@joejohnson6327]

To be fair, there's still no such thing as having a firm grasp of economics. 😅