Diocletian made a unique move in the history of leadership. What brought him to the realization a division was necessary?

Lack of strong leadership internally meant chaos reigned and money became worthless.
Travel on roads by merchants for trade was no longer safe.
Due to high inflation, most trade was done by bartering.
Invasion by other countries drained the treasury, as war continued until lost land was regained.
The empire was too large to be ruled by one person.

Respuesta :

What brought Diocletian to realize that a division was necessary was that the empire was too large to be ruled by one person only. The correct answer is D. Diocletian was a Roman emperor who made this unique move in the history of leadership at the time, and that was to split his already huge empire into four parts. These four parts were to be ruled by four "emperors," which was the beginning of "tetrarchy," meaning the rule of four.

Correct answer choice is :


D) The empire was too large to be ruled by one person.

Explanation:

Diocletian ended the era recognized as the Crisis of the Third Century. He worked to return Rome to its former majesty by making reforms in key areas. He imprisoned Christians, executing more than any other emperor. He forced the classical polytheistic religion of the Romans. Diocletian also made on Aurelian's economic changes. Although, many of the obstacles of the crisis civil war, barbarian attacks, disease, and economic problems would remain to trouble the empire for centuries to come and begin to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century.