TETRARCHY

Tetrarchy

The term Tetrarchy describes any form of government where power is divided among four individuals, but in modern usage usually refers to the system instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293, marking the end of the Crisis of the Third Century and the recovery of the Roman Empire. This Tetrarchy lasted until c. 313, when internecine conflict eliminated most of the claimants to power, leaving Constantine in the West and Licinius in the East.

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tetrarchy

Noun

  1. Historically, an empire that was ruled by four rulers.


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