Question

Why did Diocletian divide the empire into two sections?

A. The Senate did not want him to have too much power.
B. He thought that dividing the empire would make it easier to rule.
C. He wanted to give the Christian minority a region of their own.
D. Laws for one part of the empire did not work well in the other part..

Answer 1

Answer: B. He thought that dividing the empire would make it easier to rule.

Diocletian was responsible for ending the Crisis of the Third Century. He divided the empire, and made himself the emperor of the Eastern Empire, while Maximian reigned in the Western Empire. He eventually appointed another two "junior" emperors. By dividing power in this way, he hoped the empire would be easier to manage. He also established the largest and most bureaucratic of Roman governments.

Answer 2

Diocletian divided the empire into two sections because he thought that dividing the empire would make it easier to rule. Diocletian is the reason the Roman empire survived. The correct answer is B.