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This 3 page paper considers the question of whether or not it’s fair to suggest that Constantine’s success was caused by the weakness of Diocletian’s constitutional reforms. It argues that the reasons are more complex. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Discussion The Roman Empire began to decline during the period 180-284 AD, as shown by the fact that there had been only five emperors in the previous 84 years, but
during this 104 year period, there were 29 (Kamm-Gradual disintegration). Diocletian was the last of those involved in this "dreadful game of musical thrones"; it came to an end when
he was proclaimed emperor in 284 AD (Kamm-Gradual disintegration). Part of the problem is that the Roman Empire had "always consisted of two parts," which might broadly speaking be considered
Greek and Roman (Kamm-Partial recovery). In 286 AD, "Diocletian split the empire into east and west, and appointed a Dalmatian colleague, Maximian ... to rule the west and Africa" (Kamm-Partial
recovery). In fact, Diocletian seems to have divided his authority among a great number of people: Diocletians son-in-law Galerius was named deputy emperor with the title of Caesar; so was
Constantinus (Kamm-Partial recovery). While Diocletian and Maximian remained in their positions as "senior emperors," the other two men took over much of the responsibility for ruling (Kamm-Partial recovery). Galerius ruled
"the Danube provinces and Dalmatia, while Constantius took Britain, Gaul and Spain" (Kamm-Partial recovery). Then, on May 1, 305 AD, Diocletian abdicated, making the announcement from Nicomedia after the
fact (Kamm-Partial recovery). As his co-ruler, Maximian "had no choice but to do the same" (Kamm-Partial recovery). Although the reign of Diocletian had been apparently peaceful, the preceding years of
unrest had "left their mark on the administration of the empire and on its financial situation" (Kamm-Partial recovery). Because of this turmoil, Diocletian made a great many reforms, including reorganizing
"the provinces and Italy into 116 divisions" (Kamm-Partial recovery). Each of these new provinces was governed by a rector ("praeses"); the provinces were grouped "into twelve dioceses "under a vicarious
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