Diocletian's price edict

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Diocletian's price edict was a sweeping Roman imperial decree issued in 301 CE that attempted to curb inflation by imposing maximum prices and wages across the empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial edict ⓘ
economic policy measure ⓘ
price control law ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Roman Empire ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFoundIn Aezani ⓘ
Aphrodisias ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
consequence black market activity ⓘ
shortages ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
covers clothing ⓘ
foodstuffs ⓘ
military equipment ⓘ
professional services ⓘ
raw materials ⓘ
transport animals ⓘ
dateIssued 301 CE ⓘ
field economic history ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Edict on Maximum Prices ⓘ
Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium ⓘ
hasPurpose to control prices ⓘ
to curb inflation ⓘ
to regulate wages ⓘ
historicalAssessment difficult to enforce ⓘ
largely ineffective ⓘ
implementedBy local magistrates ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
includes maximum freight charges ⓘ
maximum retail prices ⓘ
maximum wage scales ⓘ
issuedBy Emperor Diocletian ⓘ
linked to: Diocletian
language Latin ⓘ
legalForm imperial edict ⓘ
legalStatus public law ⓘ
motivatedBy currency debasement ⓘ
severe inflation ⓘ
partOf Diocletianic Reforms ⓘ
penalty confiscation of goods ⓘ
death for violators ⓘ
regulates fees for services ⓘ
maximum prices ⓘ
transport costs ⓘ
wages ⓘ
studiedIn Roman law ⓘ
ancient economic history ⓘ
timePeriod Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity

Tetrarchy ⓘ
writtenOn marble inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ

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Diocletian's Tetrarchy → economicReformContext → Diocletian's price edict ⓘ
Diocletian → issued → Edict on Maximum Prices ⓘ
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Diocletian's price edict → hasAlternativeName → Edict on Maximum Prices ⓘ
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Diocletian's price edict → hasAlternativeName → Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium ⓘ
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Diocles → legalReform → Edict on Maximum Prices ⓘ
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Tetrarchs → associatedWithReform → Diocletianic reforms ⓘ
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macellum of Aezani → dedicatedTo → Diocletianic Price Edict inscriptions ⓘ
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macellum of Aezani → associatedWith → Diocletianic Price Edict ⓘ
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Diocletianic dynasty → economicPolicy → attempted price controls (Edict on Maximum Prices) ⓘ
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Dominate → legalMilestone → Edict on Maximum Prices ⓘ
subject linked to: Dominate (Roman Empire)
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Diocletianic reforms → hasPart → Edict on Maximum Prices ⓘ
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