The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶506

This important measure was not carried into execution till about six years after the association of Maximian, and that interval of time had not been destitute of memorable incidents. But we have preferred, for the sake of perspicuity, first to describe the more perfect form of Diocletian’s government, and afterwards to relate the actions of his reign, following rather the natural order of the events, than the dates of a very doubtful chronology.

Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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