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Diocletian and Aurelian similarities

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  by Damien F. Mackey     “… like with most of the third century emperors the sources … are fragmentary, late and often unreliable”.   Dr. Ilkka Syvänne     Never a truer word ….   I have already re-set Diocletian, lifting him right out of the murky “third century” (AD) and re-locating him to the Census period of the Nativity of Jesus Christ (Luke 2:1):   See my articles on this:   Diocletian repeating Augustus?   (1)   Diocletian repeating Augustus?   Augustus-like Diocletian likewise had a trustworthy right-hand, second self   (1)   Augustus-like Diocletian likewise had a trustworthy right-hand, second self   Filling out Caesar Augustus - and some who emulated him   (1) Filling out Caesar Augustus - and some who emulated him   Diocletian the Persecutor thereby becomes, all at once - as according to my previous research - Caesar Augustus of the Luc...
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The deadly persecutions of Trajan Decius

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  by Damien F. Mackey   Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Valerinus – the Senate recognized him as emperor, giving him the attribute Traianus  in reference to Emperor  Trajan .     Plenty of names here for consideration, Traianus being particularly interesting. Trajan Decius is thought to have reigned in c. 250 AD, about 130 years after the death of the emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianaus (Trajan) (d. 117 AD). However, since the conventional dating for the better-known (though still poorly known) Trajan is some 3 centuries out, it becomes almost inevitable that his namesake, Trajan Decius – who is even more poorly known (see below) – has been wrongly estimated.   Let us boil down all of this, as I did in my article:   Filling out Caesar Augustus - and some who emulated him   (3) Filling out Caesar Augustus - and some who emulated him   even re-using the same Introduction.   Introduction ...
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