WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

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To try to restore order to the empire, Roman emperor Diocletian
A
divided the empire into two parts
B
overhauled the Roman legal system
C
granted toleration to Christians
D
encouraged the revival of the republic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When Diocletian came to power, he restored order & divided the empire’s rule between himself in the east & Maximian in the west. In 235 CE, the emperor Alexander Severus (r.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 286 CE, the Emperor Diocletian decided to divide Rome into two sections to try and stabilize the empire. For 100 years, Rome experienced more divisions and in 395, it finally became The Western Empire and The Eastern Empire. This division changed Roman life and government forever.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 301, Diocletian attempted to control inflation by issuing a maximum price edict and salaries of workers. Meanwhile, it radically restructures the tax system, largely by changing the property tax base and strengthening the system of perception.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Empire had become too large to rule effectively. The outer provinces were pretty much doing whatever they wanted. Emperor Diocletian was looking for a way to fix this and other problems. He decided that the only thing to do was to actually break the empire into two pieces.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 330 C.E., he split the empire into two parts: the western half centered in Rome and the eastern half centered in Constantinople, a city he named after himself.

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