It was during the reign of Diocletian that    a. a great asteroid struck the lands of Gaul, creating a devastating environmental crisis from which Roman power never recovered    b. the emperor issued an "Edict of Toleration" that greatly improved conditions for Christians throughout the Roman lands   c. the emperor replaced the principle of "princeps" (the emperor as first citizen) with "dominus" (the emperor as lord and master)    d. the emperor dismayed Roman opinion by insisting on fighting as a gladiator in the great Colosseum of Rome

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  1. It was during the reign of Diocletian that 

      a.

    a great asteroid struck the lands of Gaul, creating a devastating environmental crisis from which Roman power never recovered 

      b.

    the emperor issued an "Edict of Toleration" that greatly improved conditions for Christians throughout the Roman lands

      c.

    the emperor replaced the principle of "princeps" (the emperor as first citizen) with "dominus" (the emperor as lord and master) 

      d.

    the emperor dismayed Roman opinion by insisting on fighting as a gladiator in the great Colosseum of Rome

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Diocletian was a Roman emperor from 284 CE-305 CE. He rose through the ranks of the military to become a cavalry commander of the Emperor Carus's army. After the deaths of Emperor Carus and his son Numerian who died on campaigns in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed as the Roman emperor.

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