Yet ten years after that decision, when Diocletian abdicated in 305, the palace seems to have still been unfinished, and there are indications that some works were taking place while the emperor was residing at the Palace.
Ipak, deset godina nakon te odluke, kada je Dioklecijan abdicirao 305. godine, palača još nije bila dovršena, a postoje naznake da su se neki radovi odvijali dok je car boravio u njoj.