Weakened by illness, Diocletian left the imperial office on 1 May 305, and became the first Roman emperor to voluntarily abdicate the position. He lived out his retirement in his palace on the Dalmatian coast, tending to his vegetable gardens. His palace eventually became the core of the modern-day city of Split.
w iː k ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY b aɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ l n ə s WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ ə k l ɛ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY l ɛ f t WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ m p ɪ ɹ i ə l WORD_BOUNDARY ɑ f ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY m eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɹ iː h ʌ n d ɹ ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY f aɪ v WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ k eɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f ɜː s t WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ oʊ m ə n WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ m p ə ɹ ɹ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY v ɑ l ə n t ɛ ɹ ɪ l i WORD_BOUNDARY æ b d ɪ k eɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY p ə z ɪ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY h iː WORD_BOUNDARY l ɪ v d WORD_BOUNDARY aʊ t WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ɪ t aɪ ə ɹ m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY p æ l ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY d æ l m eɪ ʃ ə n WORD_BOUNDARY k oʊ s t WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ n d ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY v ɛ d̠ʒ ɪ t ə b ə l WORD_BOUNDARY ɡ ɑ ɹ d ə n z WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY p æ l ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ v ɛ n t̠ʃ uː ə l i WORD_BOUNDARY b ɪ k eɪ m WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY k ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY m ɑ d ə ɹ n d eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ t i WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY s p l ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY