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
linked to: Diocletian's price edict
Diocletian's price edict hasAlternativeName Edict on Maximum Prices
linked to: Diocletian's price edict
Diocletian's price edict hasAlternativeName Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium
linked to: Diocletian's price edict
Diocles legalReform Edict on Maximum Prices
linked to: Diocletian's price edict
Tetrarchs associatedWithReform Diocletianic reforms
linked to: Diocletian's price edict