Diocletianus, Emperor of the Romans

• ABOUT:
  • Wikipedia entry
  • ECOLE glossary entry:
  • 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
  • 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia: (Read with caution)

  • Ralph W. Mathisen: Diocletian. --- Roman Emperors
  • Timothy David Barnes: The New Empire of Diocletian and Constantine, (1982). Harvard, 1982.
  • Stephen Williams: Diocletian and the Roman Recovery, (1985). New York: Methuen, 1985.

• The Great Persecution: Primary Sources: See also martyrologies below.
  • Edicts Against the Christians. As quoted by Eusebius and Lactantius. --- MSB
  • British Museum Papyrus 713:
    • Adolf Deissmann (editor): The Epistle of Psenosiris: an original document from the Diocletian Persecution, (1907). London: Adam and Chas. Black, 1907.

• The Great Persecution: Secondary Sources:
  • A. J. Mason: The Persecution of Diocletian, (1876). Cambridge, 1876.

• Some of the Martyrs under Diocletian:
  • St. Dominica
  • Sts. Gurya and Shamuna