Emperors Diocletian And Constantine

Emperors Diocletian and Constantine responded to the turmoil in the third century by changing the political and economic landscape in the Roman Empire.
Diocletian took on court ceremonies and other traditions from the Persian Empire and introduced them into his political rule. He started calling himself dominus or “lord” which gave him divine right to the throne. He understood that it was harder to rule such a large empire so he split it into two halves and gave a colleague the western half to rule.
Inflation and weak tax revenues were economic issues that confronted Diocletian and Constantine. They changed the way taxes could be paid by allowing citizens the option to pay with goods or money. Anyone who was involved in producing food was