Diocletian’s Price List

  • Diocletian’s Price List was an Edict issued in 301 CE by the Roman Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE), which proclaimed the Maximum Prices, ‘Edictum de Pretiis Rerum Venalium’. It was designed to stop runaway inflation.
  • The List is a useful tool for historians to assess the cost of Roman Goods and Services.

Description

  • In 301 CE, Diocletian attempted to control inflation by setting out a list of maximum Prices for goods and services.
  • However, it was ignored and inflation wasn’t brought under control until the Reforms of Constantine I (307-337 CE).

 

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