127- Commanding The Economy

The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

History, Education

4.8 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2011

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Rome's economy was in disarray when Diocletian came to power and he initiated major overhauls to get the system running again.

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0:59.2	Hello, and welcome to the history of room, episode 127, commanding the economy.
1:14.2	When Diocletian first came into office, the Roman economy was pretty much just limping
1:19.0	along.
1:20.5	In the critical agricultural sector, the combination of war, plague, and forced migration
1:26.4	had left room with fewer people, harvesting fewer crops from fewer functional farms.
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