Some 1,700 years on, the Emperor Diocletian would still recognise his ... a grand retirement home by the locally born leader of the Imperial Guard. In AD 614 refugees flooded in from nearby ...

Originally marking land borders under Roman Emperor Diocletian's tax reforms, the stone provides insight into ancient land ownership, local settlement patterns, and imperial administrative practices.

Map of Boundary stones in the northern Hula Valley. Credit: R. Sabar The discovery highlights how imperial policies impacted rural communities in northern Israel. During this period, Diocletian’s ...