Dominate

The Dominate, also known as the late Roman Empire, is the despotic form of imperial government of the late Roman Empire. It followed the earlier period known as the Principate. Until the empire was reunited c. 324, this phase is more often called the Tetrarchy.^[1]^[2]

It may begin with the commencement of the reign of Diocletian in AD 284, following the Third Century Crisis of AD 235–284, and end in the west with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, while in the Eastern Roman Empire its end is disputed, with the majority of opinions placing it around the transition between the Justinian and Heraclian dynasties, between the years 565^[3] and 641.^[4] In form, the Dominate is considered^{[by whom?]} to have been more authoritarian, less collegial and more bureaucratic than the Principate from which it emerged.

^ Menne, I., Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193–284 (2011) p. 21
^ Kuhoff, Wolfgang (2002). "Die diokletianische Tetrarchie als Epoche einer historischen Wende in antiker und moderner Sicht". International Journal of the Classical Tradition. 9 (2): 177–178. doi:10.1007/BF02898434 JSTOR 30224306
^ Lee, A. D., From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565: The Transformation of Ancient Rome (2013) p. xiii
^ Mitchell, S., A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284–641 (2014), Chapter 1

[Menne,_I._2011_p._21-1] Menne, I., Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193–284 (2011) p. 21

[2] Kuhoff, Wolfgang (2002). "Die diokletianische Tetrarchie als Epoche einer historischen Wende in antiker und moderner Sicht". International Journal of the Classical Tradition. 9 (2): 177–178. doi:10.1007/BF02898434 JSTOR 30224306

[3] Lee, A. D., From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565: The Transformation of Ancient Rome (2013) p. xiii

[4] Mitchell, S., A History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284–641 (2014), Chapter 1

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