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he legalized Christianity in Rome, but did not make Rome officially a Christianity state

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How did deoclitian try to reverse the fall of rome?

Diocletian tried to reverse the fall of Rome by dividing the Empire into four parts. He thought that the place was to big for just one person.


Did diocletian save the roman empire?

Diocletian could not save Rome, too much damage was done. However he did try to. Diocletian could not save Rome because he could not live forever, and he knew it, which may have been one of the reasons why he became the first emperor to retire. He did all he could to reorganize the empire and make it efficient again, but he had no control over what would be done to it after his death.


How did Constantine transform Rome into a Christian empire?

Constantine ended the the tetrarchy (rule by four), which had been created by his predecessor, Diocletian, whereby the empire had been ruled by four co-emperors, by winning two civil wars and becoming the sole emperor. He designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped and renamed it, Constantinople after himself (it means city of Constantine). Under Diocletian there were four capitals: Nicomedia (in the northeast what is now Turkey), Milan (in Italy), Sirmium (in Serbia) and Augusta Trevorum (in south-western Germany). Rome had ceased to be the capital of the empire. Apart from ending the tetrarchy, Constantine did not make any other changes in the administrative policies of Diocletian. He retained the four highest subdivisions of the empire (the praetorian provinces) and the twelve intermediate ones (the dioceses) and the number of provinces, which had been doubled by making the previous ones smaller. Constantine and the co-emperor Licinius issued the Edit of Milan, which completed the end of the great persecution of Christians which had be decreed by the Edict of Toleration the emperor Galerius had issued two years earlier.He also pursued policies which favoured the Christians. The built Christian churches, promoted Christians in the imperial bureaucracy and convened synods and ecumenical council to try to resolve disputed between Christian doctrines.


Which emperor divided the Roman empire into eastern and western halves to try to stop its decline?

Diocletian.


How did diocletian strengthen the roman empire?

In late ancient times, Emperor Diocletian ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 (CE/AD) and is famous for re-stabilizing the empire after many decades of strife. Foremost among his achievements was his division of the empire into four regions, each of which was ruled by a "co-emperor" of a sort. He was also remarkably successful on the battlefield, bringing order to Rome's borders through many victorious campaigns.

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How did Diocletian try to improve Rome's economy?

He divided the empire into provinces.


How did deoclitian try to reverse the fall of rome?

Diocletian tried to reverse the fall of Rome by dividing the Empire into four parts. He thought that the place was to big for just one person.


Did diocletian save the roman empire?

Diocletian could not save Rome, too much damage was done. However he did try to. Diocletian could not save Rome because he could not live forever, and he knew it, which may have been one of the reasons why he became the first emperor to retire. He did all he could to reorganize the empire and make it efficient again, but he had no control over what would be done to it after his death.


How did Constantine transform Rome into a Christian empire?

Constantine ended the the tetrarchy (rule by four), which had been created by his predecessor, Diocletian, whereby the empire had been ruled by four co-emperors, by winning two civil wars and becoming the sole emperor. He designated Byzantium as his imperial capital, redeveloped and renamed it, Constantinople after himself (it means city of Constantine). Under Diocletian there were four capitals: Nicomedia (in the northeast what is now Turkey), Milan (in Italy), Sirmium (in Serbia) and Augusta Trevorum (in south-western Germany). Rome had ceased to be the capital of the empire. Apart from ending the tetrarchy, Constantine did not make any other changes in the administrative policies of Diocletian. He retained the four highest subdivisions of the empire (the praetorian provinces) and the twelve intermediate ones (the dioceses) and the number of provinces, which had been doubled by making the previous ones smaller. Constantine and the co-emperor Licinius issued the Edit of Milan, which completed the end of the great persecution of Christians which had be decreed by the Edict of Toleration the emperor Galerius had issued two years earlier.He also pursued policies which favoured the Christians. The built Christian churches, promoted Christians in the imperial bureaucracy and convened synods and ecumenical council to try to resolve disputed between Christian doctrines.


How did diocletian try to reverse the decline of rome?

Diocletian first pushed back the Sassanids and the Germans. Then he ended the revolts. Then he tried to solve the problem of the civil wars between the two halves of the army. Diocletian worked out a system where there would always be two Emperors, and each of these Emperors would have two assistants. This system is called the Tetrarchy (rule of four). When one of the Emperors died, his assistant would move up to being Emperor, and choose a new assistant.


Which emperor divided the Roman empire into eastern and western halves to try to stop its decline?

Diocletian.


What did Diocletian do to try to save the empire?

The emperor Diocletian did not save the empire. It had laready been saved some 10 years earlier by the emperor Aurelian, who was given the title Restitutor Orbis (Restorer of the World) for this.


What emperor divided the Roman Empire into and Eastern and Western halves to try and stop its decline?

Emperor Diocletian


How did wealthy landowners react to economic reforms by diocletian and Constantine?

Diocletian's main economic reforms were the introduction of new coins and price controls to try to solve the problem of hyperinflation. Neither of these worked. Hyperinflation and the economic crisis continued and the large landowners continued to deal with it has they had already being doing. They switched from commercial production to supply the cities to production for barter on the local market and turned migrants to the countryside from the impoverished towns and impoverished tenant peasants into servile workers. Diocletian imposed burdensome taxes. The large landowners could not do much about this because Diocletian had created an autocracy by enormously enlarging the imperial bureaucracy which became very powerful. Moreover due to the low value of the coins, Diocletian resorted to taxation through confiscations of goods. He turned requisition into taxation and it was difficult to avoid this. Tax collectors were made to pay for what they failed to collect from their own pockets. Moreover, the empire was still affected by wars and there was too much instability for political opposition. Constantine resolved the hyperinflation problem by abandoning the useless silver coins and amassing large quantities of gold which he used to issue a new gold currency which actually had value and was viable. This improved the economic situation of the rich, but not that of the poor who could not afford gold coins and still had to rely on a worthless copper token currency. Constantine also reformed taxation, making it less burdensome and reduced the top heavy bureaucracy. Constantine's economic policies were popular with the wealthy classes.


Why did Constantine try to strengthen the Cristian church?

Constantine the Great was brought up by a Christian mother. He had little contact with his father, who was a pagan. He was exposed to paganism at the court of the emperor Diocletian. It was said that he converted to Christianity when he felt that the Christian god was a better guarantor of victory when he embarked on a civil war. He favoured Christianity and tried to arbitrate between quarrelling Christian doctrines, but he also promoted the cult of Sol Invictus (Undefeated Sun). It was said that he got baptised just before his death.


What did North Africa try to capture rome with in the punic wars?

North Africa did not try to capture Rome. Some North African states were allies of Rome. Carthage tried to capture Rome with an army.


How did diocletian strengthen the roman empire?

In late ancient times, Emperor Diocletian ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 (CE/AD) and is famous for re-stabilizing the empire after many decades of strife. Foremost among his achievements was his division of the empire into four regions, each of which was ruled by a "co-emperor" of a sort. He was also remarkably successful on the battlefield, bringing order to Rome's borders through many victorious campaigns.