<h2>D) The empire was too large to be ruled by one person.</h2><h2 /><h2>Explanation:</h2><h2 />
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.
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.
