How all this operated we shall understand when we examine the remarkable organization of the state introduced by Diocletian and his successors.
Possibly this is one of the books about gold and silver of which Diocletian decreed the destruction about A.D.
Diocletian asks her back of Tiridates, who meanwhile has fallen in love with her himself.
The scene of the legend now shifts to Rome, where Diocletian falls in love with a lovely nun named Ripsime; she, rather than gratify his passion, flees with her abbess Gaiana and several priests to Armenia.
In 1880 he unearthed a portion near the Cappella Greca, and found galleries that had not been touched since they were filled in during the Diocletian persecution.