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Diocletian and Maximianus became related to gods because of Carausius

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Victor:
There is an interesting theory that Diocletian and Maximianus started to proclaim their relationship with Jupiter and Hercules because of the revolt of Carausius. It was "an attempt to impose a divine order on the administering of the Empire, a "cosmic unity" that would automatically exclude any usurper from a place within the Empire." (In Praise of Later Roman Emperors  pg 48) It is impossible to prove, but an interesting idea.

see: William Seston "Dioclétien et la Tétrarchie"

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