The quasi-republican ideals of Augustus ' primus inter pares were abandoned for all but the Tetrarchs themselves.

This style of presentation was not new — many of its elements were first seen in the reigns of Aurelian and Severus — but it was only under the Tetrarchs that it was refined into an explicit system.

The Tetrarchy | Tetrarchs were the four co-rulers who governed the Roman Empire as long as Diocletian's reform lasted.

Of the four Tetrarchs, Constantius made the least effort to implement the decrees of the edicts in the western provinces that were under his direct authority, limiting himself to knocking down a handful of churches.

Although prior to 303 there appeared to be tacit agreement between the Tetrarchs that Constantius ’ s son, Constantine and Maximian ’ s son Maxentius were to be promoted to the rank of Caesar once Diocletian and Maximian had resigned the purple, by the end of 304 Galerius had convinced Diocletian ( who in turn convinced Maximian ) to appoint Galerius ’ s nominees Severus and Maximinus Daia as Caesars.

Seventeen Locusts were received by the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment in late 1943, but mechanical problems led to the tanks being withdrawn in favour of the Tetrarchs previously used by the regiment.

In October 1944 however, the remaining Tetrarchs of the regiment were replaced by Locusts and eight were used during Operation Varsity in March 1945.

During November the new tanks were issued to the squadron, replacing a majority of the Tetrarchs ; however a small number of Tetrarchs fitted with a 3 inch ( 76. 2 mm ) infantry support howitzer, which were designated as Tetrarch 1 CS ( Close Support ), were retained.

The squadron was expanded into the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment in December 1943, and as late as March 1944, plans were made for the regiment to be equipped with seventeen Locusts and three Tetrarchs when it took part in Operation Tonga, the British airborne landings in Normandy.

However, records indicate that by April the Hamilcar gliders of the regiment were being refitted to only carry Tetrarchs, and by late March the Locusts appear to have been completely replaced.

By August, in preparation for the 6th Airborne Division's participation in the planned breakout from the Normandy bridgehead, the majority of Tetrarchs in ' A ' Squadron were replaced with Cromwell fast cruiser tanks ; only three Tetrarchs were retained, remaining with the Headquarters troop of ' A ' Squadron.

In May 1942, a small number of Tetrarchs formed part of the British force which participated in the invasion of Madagascar, and, in June 1942, Tetrarchs were attached to the 1st Airborne Division after it was decided that the design allowed its use as an air-portable light tank to support British airborne forces.

By August 1944, most of the Tetrarchs in action were replaced with Cromwell cruiser tanks, and the remainder were replaced by the M22 Locust in December 1944.

' C ' Squadron remained in Britain however, as not enough Hamilcar gliders had yet been built to transport and deploy all of their Tetrarchs.

Aurelian's achievements are ignored, the revolt of Carausius is backdated to the reign of Gallienus, and it is implied that the Tetrarchs engineered Aurelian's defeat of the Palmyrenes ; the period between Gallienus and Diocletian is effectively erased.

The theme of restoration was conjoined to an emphasis on the uniqueness and accomplishments of the Tetrarchs themselves.

Diocletian and the Tetrarchs had no consistent plan for frontier advancement, and records of raids and forts built across the frontier are likely to indicate only temporary claims.

Both these views had some truth to them, despite the biases of their authors: Diocletian and the Tetrarchs did greatly expand the army, and the growth was mostly in frontier regions, although it is difficult to establish the precise details of these shifts given the weakness of the sources.

The Empire of the Tetrarchs, Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284 – 324.

The final form of the legion originated with the elite legiones palatinae created by Diocletian and the Tetrarchs.

Map of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy, showing the dioceses and the four Tetrarchs ' zones of influence.

The four Tetrarchs based themselves not at Rome but in other cities closer to the frontiers, mainly intended as headquarters for the defence of the Empire against bordering rivals ( notably Sassanian Persia ) and barbarians ( mainly Germanic, and an endless procession from the eastern steppe ; many nomadic or elsewhere chased tribes ) at the Rhine and Danube.

In terms of regional jurisdiction there was no precise division between the four Tetrarchs, and this period did not see the Roman state actually split up into four distinct sub-empires.

The Tetrarchs appeared identical in all official portraits.

The Byzantine sculpture Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs ( pictured at right ) shows the Tetrarchs again with identical features and wearing the same military costume.

* The Tetrarchs are probably made in Egypt.

The gunner or commander, in addition to their own duties, had to act as loader for the 2-pounder, which caused delays in combat ; a report on the tank written in January 1941 stated that since the commander had both to fight and control the tank, controlling a troop of Tetrarchs during combat would be almost impossible.

The squadron was also equipped with Tetrarchs, which had recently been re-designated as an airborne tank by the War Office.

' C ' Squadron was officially transferred to the 1st Airborne Division on 24 June 1942, bringing with it seven Tetrarchs amongst the other vehicles it was equipped with.

It was at Anah that the emperor Julian met the first opposition on his disastrous expedition against Persia ( 363 ), when he got possession of the place and transported the people ; and there that Ziyad and Shureih with the advanced guard of Ali's army were refused passage across the Euphrates ( 36 / 657 ) to join Ali in Mesopotamia ( Tabari i. 3261 ).

They were transported to various previously fox-free Aleutian Islands during the 1920s.

In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces occupied Attu and Kiska Islands in the western Aleutians, and later transported captive Attu Islanders to Hokkaidō, where they were held as prisoners of war.

In 2003, about 55, 000 passengers were transported on domestic and international flights.

The Museum is faced with Portland stone, but the perimeter walls and other parts of the building were built using Haytor granite from Dartmoor in South Devon, transported via the unique Haytor Granite Tramway.

Most of the underground railroad that transported them were also arrested, tried, and convicted.

Food, horses and other goods flooded into the city, and thousands of slaves from West Africa were transported to the island to work on the undermanned sugar plantations.

This was because roads were unpaved and in poor condition and greater amounts could be transported by ship.

In 2005 a total of 27. 5 million metric tons of cargo were transported by rail.

In 2005 a total of 105, 251 metric tons of cargo were transported by water.

However, due to the geographic proximity of the northern part of China to minority-dominated regions that were not subjected to such restrictions, beef could be easily purchased and transported to northern China.

The toads were sent to the other islands, and more than 100, 000 toads were distributed by July 1934 ; eventually over 600, 000 were transported.

Concurrently, during a military operation in World War II, following a German air raid on the Italian harbour of Bari, several hundred people were accidentally exposed to mustard gas, which had been transported there by the allied forces to prepare for possible retaliation in the event of German use of chemical warfare.

The plantation workers and their families were relocated to the plantations on Peros Bahnos and Salomon atolls to the northwest ; those who requested were transported to the Seychelles or Mauritius.

An early instance was ordered by Louis of Nassau during operations near Mons in Hainaut, when 500 infantry were transported this way.

The prisoners were eventually transported to West Point, where they remained in " easy imprisonment ".

On the same year, over of freight were transported.

Carroll Shelby was noted for complaining that the cars were poorly maintained when he received them, but later information revealed the cars were packed up as soon as the race was over, and FAV never had a chance to clean, and organize the cars to be transported to Shelby.

The largest granite stones in the pyramid, found in the " King's " chamber, weigh 25 to 80 tonnes and were transported from Aswan, more than 500 miles away.

By 2006, such was the confusion from these multiple Acts, each amending the others ( and not all of which were ever actually commenced and thus were in the public record but not enforced as actual legislation ); and the amendments of Irish firearms legislation by other Acts ranging from the Wildlife Acts ( mostly relating to hunting law ) to the Road Traffic Acts ( relating to how and where firearms could be transported ) and others ; the large amount of secondary legislation ( Statutory Instruments, which set out regulations, the design of application forms for licences and so forth, as well as the details of when various parts of the Acts came into force ); as well as the introduction of EU firearms law into the canon of Irish legislation ; led the Irish Law Reform Commission to recommend that all the extant legislation be restated a legal process by which all the existing primary and secondary legislation would be read as one and a single document produced as the new Firearms Act ( and all prior Acts would be repealed ).