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The Roman Empire during the third-century was in very bad shape. Without the serious reformation that took place, the empire would have fallen in a matter of time. The two main people responsible for reforming and improving it are Diocletian and Constantine. They understood the problems of the empire and worked to resolve them. They were saviors of the empire.
After a century of disorganization, economic collapse and foreign invasion in the Roman Empire, something finally was done. Diocletian came into power. He served from 284-305 B.C. One of the first reforms he made was dividing the empire into four parts, making it easier to rule because it was a smaller area. He called this plan the "tetrarchy". It doubled the number of officials and territories by dividing the large territories into smaller ones, each having its own ruler. Also, he made sure each area had strong army, legal, financial and secretarial officials.
A second reform of Diocletian was removing corrupt individual......

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