Diocletian (245-ca. 313), in full, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, was a Roman emperor. He established the characteristic form of government for the later empire, the Dominate. Diocletian, whose name before he became emperor was simply Diocles,...

GAIUS AURELIUS Valerius Diocletianus was sixty years old or so, had been Roman emperor for twenty years and had had enough. He decided to retire and grow vegetables in his home town of Split, on the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic in Croatia....

Baths of Diocletian Although many Roman monuments stand witness to the grandeur of classical architecture, comparatively few of the interior spaces have survived the ravages of time. Those that have endured were either incorporated into later structures such as the Golden House...

All roads lead to Rome, even virtual ones.A museum on Tuesday unveiled a virtual reconstruction of one of the bustling arteries that led into ancient Rome, allowing visitors to wander through rebuilt monuments and interact with the city's political elite.Using a concept similar to that...

Up and down the stone piers of Split's raucous port we walked, past a melange of ferries, yachts, tugboats and fishing vessels. Up and down.Past double-decker sailing yachts with racks of bikes onboard. Past fishermen on low-slung dinghies, squinting at the clouds. Past hobbyists racing...