Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago

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This video explores how powerful a Roman Emperor was during the later era from Diocletian to Romulus Augustus as well as the limitations upon it and what other authorites were at work.

The SPQR Historian explores the power of a Roman Emperor during the early empires from Augustus to Diocletian:
youtu.be/OzS5X6eQ_3Q

Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Crisis of the Third Century
1:18 Changes in the Third Century
2:20 Diocletian Lord and Master
3:41 Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
4:07 New Professional Bureaucracy
5:31 The Army
5:56 The Church
6:41 Dynasty
7:28 Barbarians and Child Emperors
8:10 Comparison with the Eastern Court
8:23 Conclusion
9:34 Epilogue

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Music Credits:
'War of Kings' by Jeff van Dyke from Medieval Total War II by Creative Assembly.

'Summer Euro Theme 1', 'Summer Euro Theme 2', 'Winter Euro Theme 1' and 'Winter Euro Theme 2' by Jeff van Dyke from Medieval Total War by Creative

'Legends of Azaroth' by Jason Hayes, Tracy W. Bush, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford from World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment.

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