diocletians reform

Question

did diocletians reform have a positive or negative impact on the western province of the roman ermpire

Answer 1

Diocletian consolidated some of the previous gains that were made by earlier Roman emperors like Aurelian in the late 3rd century AD, officially bringing an end to the crisis of the third century. In that sense, his reign had a stabilizing effect on the empire. That being said, a lot of the political and economic measures that he put in place came undone upon his retirement. The tetrarchy, for example, while a good idea on paper, failed to prevent internecine conflict among the Romans and there continued to be civil wars in the years to come. In addition, the Edict on Maximum Prices destabilized the economy further and was largely ignored. His religious reforms, which stemmed from a desire to foster unity and promote a return to Rome's ancestral values, proved even more ephemeral, since Constantine soon after legalized Christianity and the imperial government - with a few brief exceptions like Eugenius and Julian - was Christian from that point forward.