If you could see the cabbages I have planted with my own hands at Salona, you would surely never think to request this.

Utinam Salonae caules, quos meis manibus consevi, videres, profecto numquam istud temptandum iudicares.

Diocletian

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Diocletian

Roman emperor (244-311, r. 284-305) of Dalmatian origin who ended the Third Century Crisis via the Tetrarchy. The first to abdicate voluntarily; his reign also produced the Great Persecution and Maximum Price Edict.

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