After Maximian crushed the Gaulish revolt but failed to cross to Britain due to its nascent fleet, Diocletian recognized the seriousness of the western situation and elevated Maximian from Caesar to the full rank of Augustus. Brownworth calls this an extraordinary development: the first peaceful division of the empire.
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After Maximian crushed the Gaulish revolt but failed to cross to Britain due to its nascent fleet, Diocletian recognized the seriousness of the western situation and elevated Maximian from Caesar to the full rank of Augustus. Brownworth calls this an extraordinary development: the first peaceful division of the empire.
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