St. Sebastian, the patron saint of soldiers and athletes, is featured in the newest episode of Martin Scorsese's "The Saints" ...

That city was my home once, I tell him. It is the most beautiful city in the world. The Emperor Diocletian made it his capital. 'Is it true what they say?' the boy asks me. 'Are the houses made of ...

When you hear Diocletian's Palace, you might picture a castle with halls to tour and works of art to enjoy, but you'd be mistaken. Back in the fourth century, this palace was created as a fortress ...

In AD 293 the Roman world was plunged into a bold new experiment in government. Four soldiers shared the empire between them: two senior emperors, Diocletian and Maximian, and two junior emperors, ...

St. Sebastian's story of deep faith in the face of persecution has been inspiring Christians ever since his martyrdom at the order of the Roman emperor Diocletian. This patron saint of athletes ...

During the late third century, the Roman Emperor Diocletian divided the vast empire into two halves to make it easier to ...

By the end of the third century the Roman Empire was split in two. In 293 the Emperor Diocletian established an autocratic government and created the Tetrarchy, dividing the Empire into Western ...

Saint Pelagia of Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Asia Minor) lived in the third century, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305), and was the daughter of illustrious pagans. When she heard about ...