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124- The Tetrarchs at War

The History of Rome

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Diocletian's Public Shaming of Galerius

Diocletian was unwilling to wait for the other shue to drop, and so in mid two 96, galerius marched out at the head of an army to confront the persians before they decided to cross into roman territory. The two armies met near cary, a site of crassus great defeat some three centuries before. And after wasting precious little time on diplomatic niceties, the romans and sasonids threw themselves at one another. Narsus ran his heavy cavalry and archery detachments in perfect tandem, and this persian one two punch caught the romans completely flat footed. After suffering extensive losses, Galerius was able to extract what

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