HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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So it could be more easily defended
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So each of his sons could have an empire to rule
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So fewer soldiers could protect it
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So it could be more effectively governed
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Detailed explanation-1: -Diocletian understood that a major problem in ruling a territory of the extent of the Roman Empire was its immense size. It was far too large to be ruled by just one person, so one of the first actions taken by the new emperor was to split the empire into two parts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Diocletian secured the empire’s borders and purged it of all threats to his power. He separated and enlarged the empire’s civil and military services, and reorganized the empire’s provincial divisions, establishing the largest and most bureaucratic government in the history of the empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -At some time in 285 at Mediolanum (Milan), Diocletian raised his fellow-officer Maximian to the office of Caesar, making him his effective co-ruler. The concept of dual rulership was not new to the Roman Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 285 CE during the reign of Diocletian, the Roman empire had simply become too vast to rule from one seat of power. The solution was to divide Rome and rule under a practice called tetrarchy where four leaders govern a nation.