Western Civilization I / Unit 8 WC1 0703 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Diocletian's Tetrarchy, Dioceses, Army, and Prices
Captions available
The idea
Diocletian, two eighty-four to three oh five, shared rule with a co-emperor and two juniors, the Tetrarchy, to end assassination by designated succession. He grouped provinces into dioceses, enlarged the army in smaller legions, reformed taxes, and froze prices in three oh one.
In practice
The price edict failed into a black market.
Where people slip
The Tetrarchy worked exactly once. Diocletian retired; civil war followed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it