HIST 10800 Lecture 7: Diocletian
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Became the new emperor limited personal freedom. He restored order to the emperor, increasing its strength doubled the size of the army and fixed prices for goods. Diocletian divided the empire into the greek-speaking east (greece/anatolia/syria/egypt) and the latin-speaking west (italy/gaul/britain/spain) he took control of the eastern half, and kept overall control in general. The east held great cities/trade centers and was wealthier than the west. Constantine took control of the west in 312 c. e. Secured control of the east restored one ruler concept. Rome to byzantium in turkey on the bosporus strait trade/defense purposes, as it was on the crossroads between west and east. This city is known as constantinople, located at the point where europe meets asia in anatolia center of power in the. Constantinople had massive walls and imperial buildings empire soon divided; the. The western empire crumbled due to internal problems, separation of the west from the wealthier east, and outside invasions.
