tetrarchic
Adjective
Meaning
tetrarchic (not comparable)
Relating to a tetrarchy.
Examples
Breaking away from tetrarchic models, the speech emphasizes Constantine's ancestral prerogative to rule, rather than principles of imperial equality.
This did not bode well for the future security of the tetrarchic system.
Both the Dyarchic and the tetrarchic system ensured that an emperor was nearby to every crisis area to personally direct and remain in control of campaigns simultaneously on more than just one front.
Coinage dating from the tetrarchic period depicts every emperor with identical features—only the inscriptions on the coins indicate which one of the four emperors is being shown.
Once he retired, however, his tetrarchic system collapsed.
The tetrarchic system was at an end, although it took until 324 for Constantine to finally defeat Licinius, reunite the two halves of the Roman Empire and declare himself sole Augustus.