Diocletian's Ascension to the Empire

We know almost nothing about the life and times of dio les prior to his ascension. We don't even know his full name. He appears to have been born in two forty four in panonia, to lower class parents. His later detractors even went so far as to label him the son of a freedman. There is no telling what, if any, role diocles played in the three imperial deaths that preceded his own rise to power. But tradition has it that diocletian is innocent of all charges.