Struggles after Pax Romana (what I missed)

• Epidemic dieses
• Too many poverty
• Emperors loose hold on power
• Hard to defend against barbarians
• In 284 A.D-Dicletians reforms
• Increase army to 400,000
• Divide Roman territories into smaller provinces
• New government had 20,000 officials
• 300 A.D
• 60 million population
• More christians
• Some gaining power
• Dicletian ruled from 285-305
• Undertook most systematic persecution for christians
• Conantine
• Ruled 306-336 A.D
• Restructured empire
• Adopted christian cross formary